Gun Rights Orgs Cheer Supreme Court Cert of Second Amendment Case

As you’d expect, Second Amendment orgs are pleased that the US Supreme Court is willing to take another Second Amendment case, a year after punting the opportunity last year. As the Second Amendment Foundation writes . . . The Second Amendment Foundation today is hailing the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a … Read more

Second Amendment Rights: It’s a Long Way To Certiorari, It’s a Long Way to Go

Since McDonald in 2010 the People of the Gun have awaited the Court’s pleasure in granting cert to another Second Amendment case. We had only to wait six years when SCOTUS granted cert to Caetano v Massachusetts. SCOTUS again granted cert in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York in … Read more

FPC: Despite SCOTUS Rejections, The Aggressive Second Amendment Litigation Will Continue

From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced its refusal to grant certiorari (review) in three Second Amendment cases, Holloway v. Garland, Folajtar v. Garland, and Flick v. Garland, all challenging the constitutionality of federal lifetime firearm bans that resulted from prior non-violent convictions. Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC)’s FPC Law were counsel … Read more

Firearms Policy Coalition Files for Supreme Court Cert in Folajtar v. Barr Gun Rights Restoration Case

Earlier this week, TTAG legal advisor LKB wrote about two promising cases that appeared headed toward the Supreme Court. One of those cases is Folajtar v. Barr, in which Lisa Folajtar is trying to regain her gun rights after pleading guilty to lying on a tax return in 2011, a non-violent felony. Now comes news … Read more

WaPo Editorial Board Begs the Supreme Court Not to Take Another Second Amendment Case

Last week — a holiday week — the Supreme Court relisted all ten Second Amendment cases that are awaiting cert decisions. As the term winds to a close, the Washington Post’s editorial board has taken a preemptive shot in the Court’s direction letting Justice Roberts them know that everything is just peachy in the world … Read more

What Do Today’s Supreme Court Non-Decisions Mean for Gun Rights?

By LKB This morning, the Supreme Court released its orders from last week’s conference. There was some hope that based on Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence and the Alito/Thomas/Gorsuch dissent in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York, and the adding of all 10 Second Amendment cases that had been “held” pending … Read more

BREAKING: Supreme Court Grants Cert to NY State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. City of NY Gun Rights Case

As we and others have frequently complained, the Supreme Court has been notably reluctant to take Second Amendment cases in recent years. That reluctance has let a number of lower court rulings that directly conflict with the Heller and McDonald decisions stand in a number of districts. Those cases include an “assault weapons” ban in … Read more