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Dissenting from denial of <em>en banc</em> review, Eighth Circuit judges make case that blanket felon disarmament violates the Second Amendment
Yesterday in this lengthy dissent from the denial of rehearing en banc in US v. Jackson, Eighth Circuit Judge Stras make a full-throated case that the broad criminal prohibition under…
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
"A Second Amendment Angle of Cannabis Prohibition: Are State-Compliant Marijuana Users Being Denied the Right to Keep and Bear Arms?"
I continue to be excited to post some the latest papers from the on-going series of student papers supported by the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center in order to highlight…
Canna Law Blog
A CLE Webinar on Cannabis Users and Constitutional Rights Presented by Griffen Thorne
Join Harris Bricken partner Griffen Thorne this coming September 20th (Wednesday) at 9:00am PST for a CLE webinar on cannabis users and firearms. REGISTER HERE or HERE This CLE will…
Criminal
Fifth Circuit panel declares unconstitutional federal prohibition on gun possession by “unlawful user” of controlled substances
In a post last summer right after the Supreme Court's landmark Second Amendment ruling, I wondered "Are broad drug user gun dispossession statutes now constitutionally suspect after Bruen?". A handful of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fifth Circuit panel declares unconstitutional federal prohibition on gun possession by “unlawful user” of controlled substances
In a post last summer right after the Supreme Court's landmark Second Amendment ruling, I wondered "Are broad drug user gun dispossession statutes now constitutionally suspect after Bruen?". A handful of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Are many district courts ordering Second Amendment briefing in felon-in-possession cases (and are charges and sentencings being impacted)?
The question in the title of this post came to mind upon seeing this new order in US v. Sims, a federal case from Illinois in which the district judge…
Criminal
Are many district courts ordering Second Amendment briefing in felon-in-possession cases (and are charges and sentencings being impacted)?
The question in the title of this post came to mind upon seeing this new order in US v. Sims, a federal case from Illinois in which the district judge…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Some more commentary on SCOTUS Second Amendment review of federal gun prohibition in <em>Rahimi</em>
In this post, I noted that the Supreme Court in its final order list granted cert review in US v. Rahimi to address (at least) one aspect of how the landmark Bruen Second Amendment case…
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Some more commentary on SCOTUS Second Amendment review of federal gun prohibition in <em>Rahimi</em>
In this post, I noted that the Supreme Court in its final order list granted cert review in US v. Rahimi to address (at least) one aspect of how the landmark Bruen Second Amendment case…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS is Really Considering Whether Domestic Abusers Should Have Guns
By Tracy Thomas
SCOTUS is Really Considering Whether Domestic Abusers Should have Guns, SlateSo let’s be clear: the U.S. Supreme Court decision last week to consider the case of United States v. Rahimi, determining whether…