Joseph Blocher & Brandon L. Garrett, Applying History as Law: The Role of Historical Facts in Implementing Constitutional Doctrine, 104 Tex. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2026), available at SSRN (Jan. 16, 2025).
In New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), the Supreme Court instructed lower courts to