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The Supreme Court will assess if banning firearm possession by habitual illegal drug users aligns with historical gun laws amid divided lower court rulings and evolving Second Amendment interpretations.
- The U.S. Supreme Court will review a case determining if habitual drug users can legally own firearms, specifically focusing on marijuana users and the implications of federal law.
- Ali Danial Hemani was charged after police found a gun and drugs in his home, challenging the constitutionality of the federal ban on firearm ownership for drug users.
- The Justice Department claims that habitual drug users pose a public safety risk, while Hemani's defense cites legal inconsistencies due to state marijuana legalization.
- The outcome may impact millions of legal cannabis users, highlighting conflicts between state and federal regulations on gun ownership.
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Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Drug Users Can Possess Guns
(ZeroHedge)—The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether people who use illegal drugs should also be allowed to possess a firearm. The justices granted the petition in the United States v. Hemani without comment in an unsigned order, with no justices dissenting. The case involves Ali Danial Hemani – a dual citizen of the United Sates and Pakistan, according to the government’s petition which describes him as “a drug dealer who uses ill…
Supreme Court Takes up Marijuana and Gun Case Against Alleged Terrorist Sympathizer
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has taken up a new Second Amendment case. On Monday, SCOTUS announced it accepted cert in US v. Hemani. That case presents a Second Amendment challenge to the federal ban on drug users possessing firearms. The High Court will now decide if the ban fits within the historical tradition of firearms regulations under the test it developed in 2022’s… Source
Washington, United States. The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday to study the constitutionality of a law that prohibits the possession of weapons by habitual users of illegal drugs, a sensitive issue for U.S. society.Although the Trump administration stands as a defender of the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which guarantees the right to bear arms, it is itself the one that requests the nine judges of the Court, with a conservative maj…
Supreme Court to Consider Whether People Who Smoke Pot Can Own Guns
Supreme Court to Consider Whether People Who Regularly Smoke Pot Can Legally Own Guns (Maria) The author writes, “The Supreme Court said on Monday that 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. President Trump’s administration asked the justices to revive a case against a Texas man charged with a felony because…
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