The Supreme Court’s Hemani decision reinforces a simple constitutional reality: the government cannot restrict the right to keep and bear arms unless it can prove the restriction fits America’s historical tradition.
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...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the unanimous judgment protecting Ali Hemani’s Second Amendment rights. Her concurrence, however, called Bruen a “failed experiment” and urged a return to government-friendly means-end scrutiny.
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.
The Fifth Circuit ruled that suppressors are protected “Arms” under the Second Amendment, creating a direct split with the Ninth Circuit while leaving the NFA registration fight for another day.
The Supreme Court is expected to release decisions soon in Wolford v. Lopez and United States v. Hemani, two Second Amendment cases that could clarify how lower courts apply Bruen after Rahimi.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has put a Port St. Lucie homeowners association on notice after it attempted to ban firearms in common areas. The warning gives the HOA until June 1 to back down or face possible legal action.
A federal judge upheld Texas carry bans at bars, racetracks, and sporting events in Ziegenfuss v. Martin, rejecting a Bruen-based challenge from gun-rights plaintiffs.
A Missouri federal judge has ordered supplemental briefing in Brown v. ATF, a case challenging the National Firearms Act’s registration scheme and the regulation of suppressors and short-barreled rifles.
Firearms Policy Coalition and a licensed New York carrier have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Times Square gun ban, arguing it violates the Second Amendment under Bruen.