Stephen P. Halbrook is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute. He has taught legal and political philosophy at George Mason University, Howard University, and Tuskegee Institute, and he received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and Ph.D. in social philosophy from Florida State University.
The winner of three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court (Printz v. United States, United States v. Thompson/Center Arms Company, and Castillo v. United States), he has testified before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Subcommittee on Crime of the House Judiciary Committee, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and House Committee on the District of Columbia.
A contributor to numerous scholarly volumes, he is the author of the books, Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France: Tyranny and Resistance; Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and “Enemies of the State”; The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms; That Every Man Be Armed: Evolution of a Constitutional Right; A Right to Bear Arms; Firearms Law Deskbook: Federal and State Criminal Practice; Securing Civil Rights: Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms; State and Federal Bills of Rights and Constitutional Guarantees; and Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality in World War II. Dr. Halbrook’s scholarly articles have appeared in such journals as the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, Drug Law Report, George Mason University Law Review, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Journal of Law and Policy, Law & Contemporary Problems, National Law Journal, Northern Kentucky Law Review, St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary; Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal, Tennessee Law Review, University of Dayton Law Review, Valparaiso University Law Review, Vermont Law Review, and William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal.
Dr. Halbrook's popular articles have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Newsday, San Francisco Chronicle, National Review, Investor’s Business Daily, Kansas City Star, Washington Examiner, Shreveport Times, Sacramento Bee, Providence Journal, Tampa Tribune, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, History News Network, San Antonio Express-News, The Daily Caller, Detroit News, Honolulu Star Advertiser, Birmingham News, Environmental Forum, USA Today, and Washington Times. He has also appeared on numerous national TV/radio programs on CNN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Court TV, NewsMax TV, CBN, Voice of America, and C-SPAN.
CANCELLED: The Second Amendment at the Supreme Court
Illinois Student Chapter
University of Illinois College of Law504 E Pennsylvania Ave
Champaign, IL 61820
The Second Amendment in the Supreme Court and Beyond
Pennsylvania Student Chapter
Penn Law3501 Sansom St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Assault Weapons Ban, or Assault on the Second Amendment?
Toledo Student Chapter
The University of Toledo College of Law1825 West Rocket Dr.
Toledo, OH 43606
Panel 1: Does the Right to Bear Arms Include a Right to Carry Handguns in Public?
The Second Amendment In The New Supreme Court
National Press Club529 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20045
New Gun Rights Decision: State of Vermont v. Misch
On February 19, the Vermont Supreme Court upheld a state ban on common firearm magazines...
The Right to Bear Arms
Civil Rights Practice Group Teleforum
Does the Second Amendment “right of the people” to “bear arms” protect an individual right...
To Bear Arms for Self-Defense: A “Right of the People” or a Privilege of the Few? Part 2
Federalist Society Review, Volume 21
Note from the Editor: The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public...
To Bear Arms for Self-Defense: A “Right of the People” or a Privilege of the Few? Part 1
Federalist Society Review, Volume 21
Note from the Editor: The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public...
Panel 1: Does the Right to Bear Arms Include a Right to Carry Handguns in Public?
The Second Amendment In The New Supreme Court
On January 15, 2019, the Federalist Society's Civil Rights and Criminal Law & Procedure Practice...