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Sentencing Law and Policy
Ninth Circuit grants <em>en banc</em> rehearing of panel ruling that federal felon-in-possession criminal law is unconstitutional
As discussed in this post, a couple months ago, a split Ninth Circuit panel handed down a major Second Amendment ruling in US v. Duarte, No. 22-50048 (9th Cir. May 9, 2024)…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Noting just some of the continuing litigation and uncertainty about gun rights after <em>Rahimi</em>
This week has brought some new press pieces capturing some of the uncertainty about Second Amendment limits on federal criminal prohibtions of gun possessiom after the Supreme Court's ruling last…
Chicago Criminal Law Blog
Recent Supreme Court Rulings Will Impact Defendants
Court Upholds Restrictions on Gun Possession for Domestic Abusers As we previously anticipated, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in a case which tested that the limits of the Second…
Criminal
New post-<em>Rahimi</em> SG filing urges SCOTUS to “grant plenary review to resolve Section 922(g)(1)’s constitutionality”
In this post yesterday, I highlighted why the Supreme Court's Second Amendment ruling in US v. Rahimi (basics here), did not make it any easier to figure out if the most prosecuted federal…
Criminal
After <em>Rahimi</em>, can Donald Trump legally possess a gun? How about Hunter Biden?
For criminal law practitioners, as well as for those who take constitutional gun rights seriously, the provision of federal criminal gun control that was upheld by the Supreme Court in…
Pennsylvania Family Law
Protection From Abuse & Guns; Discussion “Continued”
Friday, June 21 brought the U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Rahimi, a Texas case which offered to provide better insight into how the rights to possess and…
PrawfsBlawg
Rahimi: Still Clear as Mud
Main Saturday, June 22, 2024Rahimi: Still Clear as MudCon Law specialists will have much to say about the content of Rahimi, but I have a further observation from an advocacy…
Supreme Court Update
Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC (No. 22-1238)
By Tadhg Dooley, David R. Roth
This morning, the Court announced five decisions, all of which are heavily divided, at least as to the analysis: United States v. Rahimi (No. 22-915), an 8-1 decision written by…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Supreme Court, by an 8-1 vote, rejects Second Amendment challenge to § 922(g)(8)
The Supreme Court this morning in US v. Rahimi, No. 22-915 (S. Ct. June 21, 2024) (available here), reversed a Fifth Circuit ruling that the Second Amendment was violated by…
Criminal
Supreme Court, by an 8-1 vote, rejects Second Amendment challenge to § 922(g)(8)
The Supreme Court this morning in US v. Rahimi, No. 22-915 (S. Ct. June 21, 2024) (available here), reversed a Fifth Circuit ruling that the Second Amendment was violated by…