About a quarter of the U.S. population lives instates expected to be affectedby the ruling, which struck down a New York gun law. The high court's first major gun decision in more than a decade came on a6-3 splitwith the court's conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent....
Supreme Court gun-control ruling to be tested in Md.Steve Lash
In their first guns case since last year’s expansion of gun rights, the justices suggested that they will reverse a ruling from an appeals court in New Orleans that struck down the 1994 ban on firearms for people under court order to stay away from their spouses or partners. Liberal and ...
a nationally-renowned gun control advocate, who saw the Supreme Court's three justices appointed by former President Donald Trump reverse the country's direction on several pivotal issues, each against public opinion, according to polls.
This morning the US Supreme Court released it’s ruling inAbramski v. United States–the firearm “straw purchase” gun case–in which it affirmed Abramski’s convictions. (The full-length opinion is embedded at the bottom of this post.) ...
The decision by the Supreme Court will impact special counsel Jack Smith's case against Trump in Washington, D.C., where the former president has pleaded not guilty to the four charges he is facing. But a ruling could also have consequences for two other cases involving Trump: One, also ...
The Biden administration told the court that weapon parts kits can be converted into a fully functional firearm in just 21 minutes, and ghost guns allow felons, minors and others barred from buying firearms to circumvent the law. If left in place, the 5th Circuit's ruling would give the ma...
In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling this morning, President Biden and his Administrationhave already taken twostepsthis afternoon aimed at providing debt relief for as many borrowers as possible, as fast as possible, and supporting student loan borrowers: ...
The justices released a handful of decisions Thursday, but not in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. A ruling is expected to come by either late June or early July. Supreme Court Police officers guard a barrier between pro-choice and pro-life protesters outside the co...
On the rare occasions when I write about the Supreme Court, it’s usually to grouse that the Justices don’t defend the Constitution’s limits on the federal government. For example, the Court engaged in tortured reasoning to rule in favor of Obamacare even though there’s nothing in Articl...