ht. That duty was originally assumed by the States; and it still
remains there. The only obligation resting upon the United States is to
see that the States do not deny the right. This the Amendment
guarantees, but no more. The power of the national government is limited
to the enforcement of this guaranty." Ibid. 555. These words have
reference, quite clearly, to counts of the indictment alleging acts of
the conspirators denying "equal protection of the laws" "to persons of
color," Congress's power to protect which is derived from Amendment XIV
and is confined as the Court says, to protection against State acts. The
above quoted words have, however, caused confusion. _See_ pp. 1176-1177.

[253] Hague _v._ C.I.O., 307 U.S. 496 (1939).

[254] 49 Stat. 449 (1935).

[255] 307 U.S. 496, 515-516 (1939).

[256] Ibid. 525.

[257] "As to the American Civil Liberties Union, which is a corporation,
it cannot be said to be deprived of the civil rights of freedom of
speech and of assembly, for the liberty guaranteed by the due process
clause is the liberty of natural, not artificial, persons. Northwestern
Nat. L. Ins. Co. _v._ Riggs, 203 U.S. 243, 255; Western Turf Asso. _v._
Greenberg, 204 U.S. 359, 363;" 307 U.S. 496, 527 (1939). _See also_
ibid. 514.

[258] 167 U.S. 43 (1897). This case was treated above, at p. 784.

[259] 314 U.S. 252 (1941).

[260] 323 U.S. 516 (1945).

[261] Auto Workers _v._ Wis. Board, 336 U.S. 245 (1949).

[262] Collins _v._ Hardyman, 341 U.S. 651 (1951); 17 Stat. 13, 8 U.S.C.
Sec. 47 (3).

[263] 341 U.S. 651, 663 (1951).

[264] 2 U.S.C. Sec. 261-270. _See also:_ General Interim Report of the
House Select Committee on Lobbying Activities, Eighty-First Congress,
Second Session, created pursuant to H. Res. 298, October 20, 1950,
United States Government Printing Office, Washington (1950): _see also_
9 Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 567, "Lobbying."

[265] National Association of Manufacturers _v._ McGrath, 103 F. Supp.
510 (1952). Upon review, the Supreme Court vacated this judgment as
moot.--334 U.S. 804, 807.

[266] Rumely _v._ United States, 197 F. 2d 166, 174-175 (1952).

AMENDMENT 2

BEARING ARMS

Amendment 2

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free
State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be
infringed.

The protection afforded by this amendment prevents infringement by
Congress of the right to bear arms for a law