US EditionSupreme Court to decide if drug users can carry guns
The Supreme Court will decide if the federal ban on gun possession by habitual illegal drug users, affecting millions, violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
- The Supreme Court agreed to decide if habitual drug users lose their gun rights under the 2nd Amendment, following a case involving Ali Danial Hemani, who was charged under this federal law.
- The Trump administration is defending the law, arguing it is a modest limit on gun rights and aligns with early American history regarding habitual drunkards.
- Lower courts found the law unconstitutional unless the individual was under the influence at the time of arrest, creating inconsistency among interpretations of the 2nd Amendment.
- Arguments for the case are expected to be heard in January, with a decision anticipated by early July 2026.
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Supreme Court will weigh gun restrictions for drug users
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would consider a Second Amendment challenge to the federal law barring drug users and addicts from having a gun, in a case testing the statute used to convict President Joe Biden’s son Hunter last year.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
US Supreme Court to weigh law barring drug users from owning guns
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration in a case out of Texas to defend a federal law that bars users of illegal drugs from owning guns — one of the statutes under which former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter was charged in 2023.
U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gun ownership by drug abusers
Read: 2 min The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a challenge to a federal law prohibiting abusers of illegal drugs from owning firearms. The conservative-dominated court will decide whether the law violates the Second Amendment, which protects the constitutional right of Americans to keep and bear arms. The statute was used to convict Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son, on gun charges last year before he was pardoned by the then-president.…
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Columbus TelegramSupreme Court agrees to hear gun case next year
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights.
Pulse of Politics: SCOTUS takes on cannabis and guns & talkin' tariffs
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Drug Users Possessing Firearms
by Natalia Mittelstadt The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case on drug users possessing firearms to determine whether the federal law criminalizing such possession is unconstitutional. The Trump administration urged the court to hear the case, making it the latest regarding the Second Amendment that the court agreed to hear this term, according to The Hill news outlet. The court is expected to rule on the case by the end of its term …
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