Those who drafted and ratified the Second Amendment were undoubtedly aware that the right they were establishing carried a risk of misuse,… — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
When you grow up on the other side of the tracks, you're used to taking a few bumps. — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
The need for self-defense naturally exists outside and inside the home, I would hold the 2nd Amendment applies outside the home. — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
When I got my law degree and my license to practice here in the District of Columbia, I represented several immigrants who had entered… — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
As a district judge, I view my role quite differently than the role of legislators. — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
In the legislative branch, you make the laws... and our role as judges is to interpret the law, not to inject our own policy… — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
The threshold question in a Second Amendment challenge is one of scope: whether the Second Amendment protects the person, the weapon, or the activity… — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
I volunteered at Ayuda, in the office, on a regular basis, and I did everything from fingerprinting and interviewing persons of Hispanic origin who… — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in applying a law regardless of what I might think about it. — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
I think any good judge recognizes his or her place in our constitutional government, and that place is not to upset the will of… — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
If I were able to do something unilaterally, I would probably institute a new federal rule that said all cases worth less than $500,000… — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
New Jersey has decided that fewer handguns legally carried in public means less crime. It is obvious that the justifiable need requirement functions as… — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
