The justices reversed a ruling from the federal appeals court in New Orleans that had struck down the law.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. In their first guns case since last year’s expansion of gun rights, the justices suggested that they will reverse a ruling from an app...
As hundreds of domestic violence survivors and gun safety advocates rallied outside the Court, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar vigorously defended the law as consistent with the nation's long history of keeping guns from people who are not law-abiding or responsible....
- The Supreme Court's ruling striking down New York's concealed carry restrictions could undermine similar restrictions in more than a handful of states, including New Jersey. Lawmakers there are already looking to prevent their rules from being changed. Thursday's ru...
Justice Clarence Thomas, in a statement joined by Justice Samuel Alito, criticized the Hawaiian court for its ruling, but said the high court was right to dismiss the challenge on technical grounds. However, he wrote that the court should hear an "appropriate case" to "make clear that America...
In a major expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, a ruling likely to lead to more people legally armed in cities and elsewhere
The justices say they'll review the Biden administration’s appeal of a ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans that invalidated the ban. Read morehere. How Many in America: From Guns to Ghost Towns Can you take a guess as to how many public s...
Yes, the Court ruled, it does. And, with that decision, the District's handgun ban - one of the toughest and most controversial in the nation - was ended. In Gun Control on Trial, journalist Brian Doherty tells the full story behind the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller ruling. ...
NY concealed carry case: Leaders promise action on guns New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams said they are reviewing the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the state's gun laws and promise to ask lawmakers to craft new legislation in response. "New York's pr...
Washington —The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered lower courts to take another look at challenges to several federal and state firearms restrictions in the wake of itsruling upholding a lawthat bans people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from having guns.The cases had been pending be...