U.S. Supreme Court
Oct. 10, 2023
Public defenders side with gun rights groups in Supreme Court case
Joshi A. Valentine of Alameda County Public Defenders argued in her brief that California poses a cautionary tale of the abuse of restraining orders, as it encompasses not just domestic violence but also a host of other disputes — from the workplace to schools and elsewhere — in a “mandatory disarmament regime.”
California public defenders sided with gun rights groups in an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court defending a circuit court decision striking down a federal ban on possession of firearms by perpetrators of domestic violence.
It is one of a collection of amicus briefs filed by groups asking the court to uphold a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that would affect laws in California and across the nation designed to prote...
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