US EditionA Supreme Court case over whether marijuana users can own guns is creating unusual alliances
The case challenges a federal law barring marijuana users from gun ownership amid divided lower courts and arguments about public safety and constitutional rights.
- The U.S. Supreme Court considered a challenge to the federal gun ban for marijuana users, involving Ali Danial Hemani. The DOJ argued the law is justified, while critics say it is unconstitutionally vague.
- With cannabis legal in many states, lower federal courts have been split since a landmark 2022 decision, creating tension for millions of Americans who use marijuana.
- Supporters cited historical restrictions when the Republican Trump administration defends the firearm restriction with backing from some gun-control groups, while the NRA allies with the ACLU.
- The Supreme Court could broaden or preserve disqualifications, as a decision may allow broader legal gun possession for other illegal-drug users because the statute applies beyond cannabis, affecting public-safety reasoning.
- Critics argued the statute's vagueness could lead to prosecutorial overreach, with civil-rights groups warning it may violate constitutional rights, including `a blank check`, according to the ACLU's Cecillia Wang.
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A Supreme Court case over whether marijuana users can own guns is creating unusual alliances
Should marijuana users be able to own guns? That's what's at issue in a case being argued before the Supreme Court on Monday.
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What to Know Before Monday’s Supreme Court Hearing on Whether Drug Users Can Own Guns – Howard University News Service
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in United States v. Hemani on Monday to determine whether a federal statute that prohibits firearm possession by a person who “is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” violates the Second Amendment. Federal agents searched the home of respondent Ali Hemani in Texas for alleged travel and communications linked to Iran. According to the indictment, “the sole factual allegations state th…
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