Saul Cornell

Saul Cornell, is the Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History at Fordham University.

He was Professor of history at Ohio State University and the Director of the Second Amendment Research Center at the John Glenn Institute.

[1] He received a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989[2] and is an authority on early American constitutional thought.

[4][5] In addition to book writing, he has contributed to numerous Amicus curiae briefs in court cases involving the 2nd Amendment.

[6] Most notably, he is the co-author of an Amicus Brief supporting Washington D.C.'s hand gun ban filed in District of Columbia v. Heller,[7] and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v.