The Law Firm of David G. Sigale, P.C. has recently obtained a ruling that the Village of Deerfield exceeded its authority when it enacted an assault weapon ban (AWB) and large capacity magazine (LCM) ban. In Easterday v. Village of Deerfield, a Judge in the Lake County Circuit Court held the ordinances to be unenforceable[…]
Rappers like Chance the Rapper, Killer Mike, Fat Joe and Luther Campbell (2 Live Crew) have teamed with law school professors, and a university professor on the subject of hip hop culture, to submit an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking certiorari in Knox v. Pennsylvania. In Knox, the Petitioner raps under the[…]
David Sigale was pleased to speak at the First Amendment Lawyers Association’s winter conference in Tampa, Florida. The topic was First Amendment Issues in Second Amendment Cases. Mr. Sigale is pleased to be a member of an organization so devoted to protecting the free speech and expression rights for all. If you have a First[…]
Eugene Volokh at reason.com wrote an informative article about a Pennsylvania man with a permanent firearm possession ban after he was convicted of possessing and using a falsified Pennsylvania Department of Transportation document in 1998 – specifically, he falsified a vehicle window-tinting permit. Technically a misdemeanor, the way the potential sentencing worked in Pennsylvania labeled[…]
Sigale Files Lawsuit in Missouri to Protect Foster Parents’ Second Amendment Rights
Civil Rights, Gun Law Jan 21, 2019
The Law Firm of David G. Sigale has filed suit in federal Court in the Western District of Missouri in Kansas City to overturn restrictions on the Second Amendment rights of foster parents (Attaway et al v. Corsi). The challenged restrictions prohibit the basic right to armed self-defense of a foster family, whether parents, natural[…]
For the sixth time, David G. Sigale has been selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers list, to which only 5% of Illinois attorneys are named each year. Sigale appreciates the honor, and the Firm looks forward to serving its clients with dedication and zeal in 2019 and beyond. The Law Firm of David G. Sigale, P.C. was[…]
Free speech on college campuses is a hotbed issue. Controversial speakers are uninvited from delivering speeches after there are objections from a loud (and sometimes violent) opposing segment of the student body. Phrases such as “trigger warning” and “safe space” are now commonplace among college students. While shielding our future leaders from speech that may[…]
The constitutional principle of incorporation is when one of the freedoms in the Bill of Rights is enforced against state and local governments. This was the issue regarding the Second Amendment in McDonald v City of Chicago, and since the first such case in Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago, 166[…]
I was privileged to participate in a video for Guns.com, which details Rhonda Ezell and the Ezell v. Chicago firing range lawsuit, but also Rhonda’s continued efforts to promote Second Amendment rights for law-abiding Chicago residents. In the wake of the horrible tragedies committed by horrible people, it is important to take note of the[…]
An excellent article in The Atlantic, brought to my attention through www.scotusblog.com, discusses an ongoing lawsuit over climate change, and the government’s [lack of] policies towards it, that may highlight an early effect of the replacement on the Supreme Court from Justice Kennedy to Justice Kavanaugh. There is a general rule that those with non-individual[…]