in her first supreme court case, mccutcheon versus fec, the campaign-finance case brought by the republican national committee challenging individual campaign-finance limits, erin won. she has also argued several cases before the federal appeals court. one she challenged sunnyvale california and the second amendment challenge. in this case the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals upheld the city of sunnyvale's law constricting the high-capacity gun magazines. a rejected arguments of groups such as the national rifle association which contended the restrictions are unconstitutional and undermined the owner's right to protect their homes, as was established in the 2008 heller versus d.c. case. that case has now been usurped from california law but it still has not been fully decided. our moderator today is john garvey. john -- garvey. john is an professor at the franklin pierce school of law at the university of new hampshire. he earned an a.b. from harvard and a jd from suffolk university. he is also a mediator and arbitrator and was selected by his peer as mediator of the year in 2014 and 20