U.S. Supreme Court
Nov. 8, 2023
Supreme Court seems unlikely to narrow Bruen
Some legal experts believed, and gun rights groups feared, that the Supreme Court would use the case to scale back its Bruen decision, which has required judges to find historical analogues to current firearms statutes.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to reverse a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that struck down a 1994 federal law that banned possession of firearms by perpetrators of domestic violence.
But justices appointed by Republican presidents seemed to be trying to avoid a broader ruling that would provide more guidance to lower courts of how to interpret its June 2022 decision. New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v....
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