Judical Branch: Right To Bear Arms in Chicago

Source:
http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-national/a-full-summary-and-analysis-of-the-mcdonald-v-chicago-supreme-court-case

Constitutional Connection:
Article III Section I - Judicial Powers

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.

Analysis of the Connection:
The Supreme Court decided in the case District of Columbia V. Heller (2008) that an individual citizen has the right to bear arms and the handgun ban in Washington D.C was overturned. After the case, many residents in Chicago argued that they deserved the same rights and should be able to own a handgun for self defence purposes. Chicago's laws doesn't prohibit handgun ownership but the circumstance/exceptions make it nearly impossible to own a handgun. However, the US District Court Judge and the US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals both followed previous Supreme Court ruling saying that handgun laws in Chicago are legal.