LSU Law News

Professor Ray Diamond spoke before the Federalist Society chapter at Tulane Law School, debating the future of 2nd Amendment jurisprudence after Heller v. District of Columbia (2008), which held the right to keep and bear arms to be an individual right.  The debate concerned as well the Supreme Court’s anticipated decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago, in which a key issue is whether the right to keep and bear arms is incorporated under the 14th Amendment’s due process clause.

Professor Diamond was also named to the AALS Hurricane Katrina Honor Role for his service as a pro bono consultant to the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus on voting rights issues.  In this capacity, he drafted objections to post-hurricane election law changes that were subject to pre-clearance by the Department of Justice, and drafted objections to a Federal Emergency Management Administration decision not to release the addresses and other contact data of hurricane displaced residents...