Assertion: second amendment | /r/CapableOf | prevent state
Facets:
value: from barring private militias
type: OTHER
value: to deprive the united states
type: PURPOSE
value: from prohibit[ing
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In its first hearing on the subject, in Presser v. Illinois (1886), the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment prevented the states from “prohibit[ing] the people from keeping and bearing arms, so as to deprive the United States of their rightful resource for maintaining the public security.
text: The Supreme Court reaffirmed Cruikshank, and also held that the Second Amendment prevented neither the States nor Congress from barring private militias that parade with arms; such a right "cannot be claimed as a right independent of law.