Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 12, 2025
9th Circuit upholds felon gun ban in case headed to high court
A 9th Circuit en banc panel upholds a federal law barring nonviolent felons from possessing firearms, reversing a prior ruling and deepening a circuit split, with experts predicting a likely Supreme Court appeal.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel rejected a constitutional challenge to a federal law prohibiting convicted, nonviolent felons from possessing firearms in a case expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Legal experts say Friday's 9th Circuit ruling emphasizes a circuit split about the law, the most-charged prosecuted federal gun statute by a large margin, although they were divided about whether the Supreme Court would take up the case soon.
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