Gun-Rights Groups Unanimous In Praise Of SCOTUS Ruling On Marijuana And Firearms

Major gun-rights organizations are praising the Supreme Court's unanimous Hemani ruling, arguing it confirms the government cannot strip Second Amendment rights from otherwise law-abiding marijuana users without proof of dangerousness. The post Gun-Rights Groups Unanimous In Praise Of SCOTUS Ruli...

By Mark Chesnut

Liberal SCOTUS Justice Wants To Do Away With Bruen’s Historical Tradition Analysis

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson used her concurring opinion to criticize the Bruen framework and urge the Court to eventually abandon the history-and-tradition test that now governs Second Amendment cases. The post Liberal SCOTUS Justice Wants To Do Away With Bruen’s Historical Tradition Analysis...

By Mark Chesnut

SCOTUS Rules the Feds Can't Disarm You Just for Smoking Weed

The Supreme Court handed down its decision in United States v. Hemani this week, and the headline writes itself: Marijuana users can own guns. The Court ruled that the government can't prosecute Ali Danial Hemani under the federal law that bars drug users from possessing firearms, at le...

By Josh C

Supreme Court Rules Federal Drug-User Gun Ban Falls in US v. Hemani

In a unanimous 9-0 ruling, the Supreme Court rejected the federal government’s attempt to disarm a regular marijuana user under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), strengthening Bruen and requiring individualized evidence before Second Amendment rights are stripped away.

By Mark W Smith
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