How Your Views Compare With the Court

The Second Amendment’s guarantee of an individual right to bear arms applies to federal, state and local gun control laws.

—D.C. v. Heller (2008), shown here, and McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Congress can prohibit doctors from performing the procedure opponents call partial-birth abortion, even when the pregnant woman’s health is at risk.

—Gonzales v. Carhart (2007)

The government cannot limit corporate political spending in elections because such a limit would restrict political speech.

—Citizens United v. F.E.C. (2010)

Guantánamo detainees have a constitutional right to go to federal court to challenge their detention.

—Boumediene v. Bush (2008)

The death penalty is unconstitutional as a punishment for the rape of a child.

—Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008)

Juveniles who commit crimes in which no one is killed may not be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

—Graham v. Florida (2010)