5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 120 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from District of Columbia v. Heller.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia v. Heller Anchor | green | “he second amendment does not protect those weapons not typ- ically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes, such as short-barreled shotguns.” | 24 |
| 2 | District of Columbia v. Heller | green | “nothing about those fire-safety laws undermines our analysis; they do not remotely burden the right of self-defense as an absolute ban on handguns.” | 24 |
| 3 | New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen | green | “na- logical reasoning under the second amendment is neither a regulatory straightjacket nor a regulatory blank check.” | 24 |
| 4 | New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Cuomo | green | “even accepting the most conservative estimates cited by the parties and by amici, the assault weapons and large-capacity magazines at issue are 'in common use' as that term was used in heller.” | 24 |
| 5 | Mark Baird v. Rob Bonta | green | “e presume that a consti- tutional violation causes a preliminary injunction movant ir- reparable harm and that preventing a constitutional violation is in the public interest.” | 24 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.