Supreme Court's Potential Impact on Domestic Abuse and Gun Rights
The Supreme Court appears likely to uphold a federal statute that prohibits individuals under domestic-violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. Justices on both sides of the ideological divide indicated that the Second Amendment does not prevent legislatures from restricting firearm possession after a court determines that a person is dangerous. The case involves a Texas man who was arrested for possessing guns while under a domestic-violence restraining order. The Biden administration argued that the law is constitutional and necessary to protect victims of domestic abuse. The court's decision could provide further guidance on the application of the historical test set in a previous gun rights case.
- Justices seem ready to uphold disarming domestic-abuse suspects The Washington Post
- How the Supreme Court is leaning on domestic abuse-gun rights case CBS News
- Opinion: The Supreme Court may make America’s gun violence problem even worse CNN
- Supreme Court will consider whether to uphold protections for survivors of domestic violence The Hill
- Editorial: Supreme Court must not return guns to accused domestic abusers Los Angeles Times
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