The Fight Continues: Barnett v. Raoul Denied SCOTUS Review — Second Amendment Law Center

The Fight Continues: Barnett v. Raoul Denied SCOTUS Review

On July 2, the Supreme Court denied review to a number of petitions for certiorari challenging the Seventh Circuit’s ruling in Bevis v. City of Naperville, including Barnett v. Raoul, in which 2ALC had filed an amicus brief. The vote was 8-1, with Justice Alito voting to review the case now.

Justice Thomas wrote a statement to go along with his vote against review in which he explained that the reason the Court was not granting review now was because it is “rightly wary of taking cases in an interlocutory posture.” However, he urged the Court to grant review soon once a case reaches final judgment, because he would like to see the Court squarely address what type of weapons are “Arms” protected by the Second Amendment.

Justice Thomas also heavily criticized the Seventh Circuit’s logic, writing that its “no military weapons” standard is “contrived”, before concluding that “[i]t is difficult to see how the Seventh Circuit could have concluded that the most widely owned semiautomatic rifles are not “Arms” protected by the Second Amendment.”

From here, our case will proceed to a final judgment, as Judge McGlynn is moving this case rapidly towards a trial later this year.

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