None of the constitutional provisions we discuss today come from the original text. Each of the cases below concerns an amendment. I've set the first amendment controversies aside for separate treatment in the final installment. Today, then, we discuss the right to bear arms, unreasonable search and seizure, the right of confrontation, effective assistance of counsel, and the position of the people of Puerto Rico within the United States vis-a-vis the 5th amendment, drawing on language from the 14th Yesterday, we found that on a range of matters, the Supreme Court has not been breaking down on the "3 blues versus 6 reds" pattern one might expect. Today we will discover though that, on another range of matters, it has. Second amendment, the New York decision Bruen was 6 to 3. The usual suspects, on each side. This is how that looks in the case reports: THOMAS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and ALITO, GORSUCH, KAVANAUGH, and BA...