Via SCO­TUS­Blog:

The Court has released the opin­ion in Dis­trict of Colum­bia v. Heller (07–290), on whether the District’s firearms reg­u­la­tions – which bar the pos­ses­sion of hand­guns and require shot­guns and rifles to be kept dis­as­sem­bled or under trig­ger lock – vio­late the Sec­ond Amend­ment. The rul­ing below, which struck down the pro­vi­sions in ques­tion, is affirmed.

Jus­tice Scalia wrote the opin­ion. Jus­tice Breyer dis­sented, joined by Jus­tices Stevens, Souter and Gins­burg.

Today’s opin­ion by Jus­tice Scalia in Dis­trict of Colum­bia v. Heller (07–290) is now avail­able here.

The break­down of the dis­sent­ing Jus­tices is a bit more nuanced than SCO­TUS­Blog reported. The syl­labus states:

Stevens, J., filed a dis­sent­ing opin­ion, in which Souter, Gins­burg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dis­sent­ing opin­ion, in which Stevens, Souter, and Gins­burg, JJ., joined.

I will be read­ing the lengthy opin­ions and give you more details later today.