The Supreme Court has upheld the opinion of the DC Circuit Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruling that DC's ban on handguns is unconstitutional. Specifically, it is the opinion of the court that there is an individual right accorded by the 2nd (continue reading / 24 comments)

At the close of today's public session, Chief Justice John Roberts indicated that all the court's remaining opinions will be issued tomorrow at 10am. That includes District of Columbia v. Heller, which is going to start us off on what will no doubt (continue reading / 3 comments)

It's hard to believe so much time has gone by; it's been a little shy of three years since I wrote my first post here and kicked off what would be a lot of posts and pictures about funny Virginia license plates. At the time I was a little (continue reading / 2 comments)

If you're sitting there pondering what you'll purchase for your arsenal at home - or stewing in dread over an influx of weaponry - you should take note of one section from the court's opinion. Before this Court petitioners have stated that “if (continue reading / 1 comments)

Remember my analysis and prediction, yesterday? Which made me feel kinda dumb, since I said I figured we'd see some licensing movement in two months, but then Fenty made statements about 21 days. I wasn't quite as wrong as I thought - the 21 days (continue reading / 1 comments)

When DC Metblogs launched in late July 2004, I felt like a fraud. I had moved to DC two years before, and had spent a lot of that time getting lost due to my legendarily poor sense of direction, defining my world based on its relationship to 395 (continue reading / 1 comments)

A scant six months ago, I joined the wild and crazy crew here on MBDC; I was branching out in my blogscapades and wanted to try my hand at writing about the area that I've come to love. Everyone here has been extremely good to me, one of the (continue reading / 1 comments)

My time with Metblogs has been far shorter and less-prolific than most of the great people on the team. Still, I have enjoyed having this opportunity to talk to you and write about this lovely place. In keeping with my minimal presence on the (continue reading / 1 comments)

Who'd have guessed that anywhere on the list of places people would want to pay to have sex would be the Dupont Metro Station. Yeah, that's what I thought. No one. However, that's what recently arrested Metro employees were hoping for. (continue reading / 1 comments)

Street traffic is cordoned off and pedestrians are being kept away. The World Bank and surrounding facilities have instituted a "shelter in place" policy. It seems to be centered around the Edward R. Murrow Park across from the World Bank. Traffic (continue reading / 1 comments)