Patrick J.
The Judge Brown award is given annually to recognize the top law school student note, article, or unpublished paper in the United States..
Brown Award for Excellence in Legal Writing.
Additionally, in 2008, Charles received the Judge John R.
The Major Award is given annually to recognize the top History program out of the over 170 wings and groups in the United States Air Force.
Major Award, and is the only two-time recipient of the award.
In 2016 and 2014, Charles was awarded the Allan S.
Charles currently serves as a senior historian for United States Special Operations Command, located at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
City of Chicago .
His writings on the History of the Second Amendment have been cited by Second, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, and DC Circuit Courts of Appeals, and his book The Second Amendment was cited by Justice Stephen Breyer in the landmark Supreme Court decision McDonald v.
Charles is the author of Historicism, Originalism and the Constitution: The Use and Abuse of History in American Jurisprudence and The Second Amendment: The Intent and Its Interpretation by the States and the Supreme Court as well as numerous articles in law journals.
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