The US Supreme Court has issued a series of orders affecting gun-related cases. The Court vacated and remanded eight pending Second Amendment cases, primarily involving laws that prohibit specific individuals from possessing firearms, based on the Rahimi decision. However, the Court declined to hear challenges to federal firearm bans for felons and drug users and did not send cases upholding assault weapon bans back to lower courts. The Supreme Court also opted not to add any new gun-rights cases to its agenda for the fall, as it concluded its nine-month term. Illinois cases were denied cert but invited back after final judgment, with Justice Thomas dissenting. Additionally, a number of administrative law cases are going back to the lower courts for reconsideration in light of the Rahimi and Loper Bright decisions.
Supreme Court sidesteps new several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban https://t.co/PfqSWX8Zq5
"Supreme Court turns away, for now, challenges to state ban on assault-style weapons." (via @mgroppe) https://t.co/RnsfQXlk2o
Supreme Court declines to hear challenges to federal firearm bans for felons and drug users. https://t.co/geXOW3EARP
The US Supreme Court opted not to add any new gun-rights cases to its agenda for the fall, sidestepping a bevy of appeals over the Constitution’s Second Amendment as the justices wound down their nine-month term. https://t.co/lC0uHSV70o
The Court today vacated & remanded 8 pending 2nd Am cases in light of Rahimi. All but 1 were laws that prohibit specific people from having guns. The Court did not send the cases upholding assault weapon bans back. It simply denied cert. https://t.co/UZSRuj0a21
SCOTUS orders just now: Range case (prohibited people) = GVR based on Rahimi. Antonyuk (NY Sensitive places CCW bans) = GVR based on Rahimi. Illinois cases = cert denied, but invited back after final judgment, Justice Thomas dissents. No direct cert grants, but GVRs breath life…
A veritable rash of GVRs in the final orders list from the SCOTUS this morning. A bunch of gun and administrative law cases are going back to the lower courts to be reconsidered in light of the Rahimi and Loper Bright decisions.