The Latest Breaking News from Rahimi

Some thoughts from Michael McConnell, Douglas Laycock, Stephanie Barclay, and Mark Storslee.

The original understanding in 1791, not that in 1868, governs.

From U.S. v. Cooper, decided today by Eighth Circuit Judge David Stras, joined by Judges Steven Grasz and Jonathan Kobes:… The post Second Amendment Protects Marijuana Users Unless There's Concrete Showing They're Dangerous appeared first on Reason.com.

Congress should reinstate ATF appropriations for removal of disabilities.

From Monday's U.S. v. Daniels decision, written by Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry Smith, joined by Judge Don Willett: Title 18… The post 5th Cir. Says More on When Federal Ban on Gun Possession by Drug Users Is Unconstitutional appeared first on Reason.com.

Patrick Darnell Daniels Jr. was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for violating a federal law that bars drug users from owning firearms.

No, said an Eighth Circuit panel in U.S. v. Jackson earlier this year; yesterday, the court refused to rehear the… The post Should Felons Have the Right to Challenge Their Loss of Gun Rights, on a Case-by-Case Basis? appeared first on Reason.com.

The Supreme Court’s latest opinion on gun rights has not eliminated the disagreement among judges in those challenges, legal experts say.

"We read the Court's analysis in Rahimi to have modified Bruen in at least one relevant respect."

From yesterday's decision in U.S. v. Medina-Cantu, by Judge Carolyn Dineen King and Kurt Engelhardt: In U.S. v. Portillo-Munoz (5th Cir. 2011), this court held that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5), which prohibits an illegal alien from possessing a firearm or ammunition, is constitutional under the Second Amendment. In the present…

Court relies on Rahimi in support of liberalized gun carry permits.