Militia
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 307 U.S. 174 - United States v. Miller · 1939Most cited · 857 citing opinions
The Militia comprised all males physically capable of acting in concert for the common defense. 'A body of citizens enrolled for military discipline.' And further, that ordinarily when called for service these men were expected to appear bearing arms supplied by themselves and of the kind in common use at the time.
How often courts cite the case defining “Militia”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Militia” — 851 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.