Roberts and Barrett's earlier votes make them key justices to watch, though they do not mean they'll vote to uphold the measure now that the Supreme Court is considering the merits of the case. The high court will consider the ghost gun rule just months after it invalidated a separate mea...
Roberts and Barrett's earlier votes make them key justices to watch, though they do not mean they'll vote to uphold the measure now that the Supreme Court is considering the merits of the case. The high court will consider the ghost gun rule just months after it invalidated a separate mea...
Parts of a ghost gun kit are on display at an event held by President Joe Biden to announce measures to fight ghost gun crime, at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 11, 2022.Kevin Lamarque/Reuters, FILE The case will not be heard before the court until the...
Gun groups challenged the rule in court in the case known as Garland v. VanDerStok. They argued that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives overstepped its authority and that most crimes are committed with traditional firearms. ...
It’s a good day when the Supreme Court doesn’t wipe out a common-sense federal gun regulation. Such was Wednesday, when the court ruled that a Biden-era rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives placing “ghost guns” — untraceable firearms sold in quick-assembly ...
The case comes after the high court struck down another firearm regulation, a Trump-era ban on gun accessories known as bump stocks that enable rapid fire. In that case, the court found that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives wrongly categorized the accessories as machine ...
But legal experts say the Supreme Court's ruling four months ago may not be a harbinger of whether the ghost gun regulation will fall, and in this case, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, two members of the court's conservative wing, will be the key members to wat...
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns.
“Ghost guns are the gun industry’s way of skirting commonsense gun laws and arming dangerous people without background checks,” said David Pucino, legal director and deputy chief counsel of the Giffords Law Center. “We are thrilled that the Supreme Court has upheld the ATF rule that treats...
A US district court in Texas threw out the rule and the conservative 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals mostly upheld that decision. Importantly, the Supreme Court has weighed into the case twice on its emergency docket, allowing the regulation to remain in place temporarily while the legal wrangli...