WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation ofdifficult-to-trace ghost gunsthat had been struck down by lower courts. The justices in a 5-4 vote had previously intervened to keep the regulatio...
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 Justice Departmentaskedthe Supreme Court to review the appeals court's decision in February, arguing that it contradicts the plain text of the Gun Control Act. "Under the Fifth Circuit's interpretation, anyone could buy a kit online and assemble a fully functional gun in minutes — no bac...
"If the Court strikes down the rule, it significantly limits federal regulation in this area," said Deepak Gupta, a Supreme Court litigator and Harvard Law professor. "There's a real risk that criminals will be able to order guns on the internet, and the entire gun control framework ...
The White House commended the Supreme Court's decision to temporarily pause the lower court orders blocking its efforts aimed at curbing gun violence. "While this case is being litigated, the Supreme Court's action will keep in place important efforts to combat the surge of unserialized, priva...
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered two internet sellers of gun parts to comply with a Biden administration regulation aimed at"ghost guns,"firearms that are difficult to trace because they lack serial numbers. The court had intervened once before, by a5-4 vote in August, to keep the regulati...
The future of regulating so-called "ghost guns" is now in the hands of the Supreme Court. Guns rights groups want to halt government restrictions on the weapons, but in arguments Tuesday, justices appeared skeptical. CBS News New York's Di
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 itinvalidated a separate measu...
In the ghost gun case, the Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration last year, allowing the regulation to go into effect by a 5-4 vote. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined with the court’s three liberal members to form ...
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