1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1188+ words) Judge Lawrence Van Dyke of the Ninth Circuit was appointed to his current post in 2020 and, since then, has been no stranger to the spotlight. Judge Van Dyke is the rare federal judge who regularly makes headlines for his opinions,…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (191+ words) Karwacki challenged Wisconsin's decision as invalid under the Second Amendment and the Full Faith and Credit Clause, Art. IV " 1." The Full Faith and Credit Clause provides: Karwacki argued that because the court martial called his offense a misdemeanor, Wisconsin denied…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1769+ words) New Petitions. The Court received no new cert petitions on Second Amendment issues this week. Pending Petitions We're Watching. No movement on the challenges to semiautomatic weapons bans (Viramontes and National Association for Gun Rights) and LCM bans (Duncan and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (415+ words) New Petitions. The Court received only one new cert petition involving Second Amendment issues within the last week. The new case is a challenge to the federal felon-in-possession ban. Pending Petitions We're Watching. No movement on the challenges to semiautomatic…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (1193+ words) This blog has done terrific work analyzing the Supreme Court's pending case, Wolford v. Lopez, which asks a deceptively simple question: may a state require armed persons to obtain affirmative permission before entering private property open to the public? Hawaii says…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1750+ words) New Petitions. The Court received three new cert petitions involving Second Amendment issues within the last week. The new cases include challenges include two challenges to the federal felon-in-possession ban and one to a specific conviction regarding whether the government…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago  (776+ words) Last month in San Antonio, the American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted'Resolution 604, a policy resolution drafted by the ABA Standing Committee on Gun Violence. Last month in San Antonio, the American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted Resolution 604, a…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (266+ words) But Rahimi did not resolve a critical question: Can legislatures treat entire categories of people as dangerous, and disarm them categorically? I." Three Judicial Pathways to Upholding " 922(g)(5) A. Immigration Exceptionalism Meets the Second Amendment 1. Excluding the Undocumented from "the People" Several circuits…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1451+ words) Denials. We also got some denials this week'the Court denied cert in three cases challenging the federal felon-in-possession ban, two on appeal from the Fifth Circuit, and one from the Second Circuit." No justice wrote any statement regarding denial. As…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (516+ words) Duke Center for Firearms Law In the End, Vullo Prevails Against the N. R. A. On Monday, February 23, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in the N. R. A. s appeal in its case against Maria Vullo, former Superintendent of New York Department of Financial Services. This…...