CIT Director J. Joel Alicea brought his expertise to the 2025 Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention during a panel discussion titled The Viability of Bruen: Challenges and Applications. With two forthcoming law review articles—Bruen and the Founding-Era Conception of Rights, 101 Notre Dame L. Rev. (forthcoming 2026), and Bruen Was Right, 174 U. Pa. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025)—Professor Alicea offered valuable insights into the evolving landscape of Second Amendment jurisprudence. His scholarship set the stage for a broader conversation about the Supreme Court’s approach to originalism, tradition, and individual rights.
