Amy Swearer is a Senior Legal Fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, where her areas of focus include the Second Amendment, overcriminalization, school safety, and mental health policy.
She has become a leading conservative voice in national conversations on gun policy and is routinely asked to testify before state and federal legislative bodies. She runs The Heritage Foundation’s Defensive Gun Use Database and was a primary author of the recently published Heritage Foundation ebook, “The Essential Second Amendment.”
Swearer was the 2022 recipient of The Heritage Foundation’s Joseph Shattan Award for “writing that presents conservative ideas in a powerful and compelling fashion to policymakers and the American people,” and was also named the Second Amendment Institute’s 2022 Gun Rights Champion.
She received her law degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law, where she was a member of the Nebraska Law Review and nationally successful moot court teams. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice with highest honors from the University of Nebraska, where she was a Chancellor’s Scholar and a goalkeeper for the women’s soccer team.
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Red Flag Laws: The Good, the Bad, the Patently Unconstitutional
Washington & Lee Student Chapter
Washington & Lee University School of LawE Denny Circle
Lexington, VA 24450
Concealed Carry on Campus
Colorado Student Chapter
Wolf Law Room 3052450 Kittredge Loop Road
Boulder, CO 80309
Gun Rights Litigation After Bruen
St. John's Student Chapter
St. John's University School of Law80-00 Utopia Pkwy
Queens, NY 11439
The Second Amendment in a Post-Bruen World
Texas A&M Student Chapter
Texas A&M University School of Law1515 Commerce Street
Fort Worth , TX 76102
The Right of the People, But Not Those People
Wyoming Student Chapter
University of Wyoming, College of Law1000 E University Ave Dept 3035
Laramie, WY 82071
A Seat at the Sitting - November 2023
The November Docket in 90 Minutes or Less
Each month, a panel of constitutional experts convenes to discuss the Court’s upcoming docket sitting...
A Seat at the Sitting - November 2023
The November Docket in 90 Minutes or Less
Each month, a panel of constitutional experts convenes to discuss the Court’s upcoming docket sitting...
A Second Amendment Grade for President Trump So Far
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