This fall, the Supreme Court will hear its first major 2A case since the Bruen decision last summer. The case, United States v Rahimi, will consider whether those subject to certain domestic violence restraining orders can be banned as a class from possessing firearms without individual due process. A unanimous Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel struck down the law, and the government asked the Supreme Court to review that decision.
Briefs are now being submitted in the case, which is expected to be heard this fall. On Monday over 40 amicus briefs were filed supporting the government. Those anti-2A amicus briefs skew to the extreme. Some even urge the Supreme Court to overturn the Heller and Bruen decisions — the two major 2A cases decided by the Court.
Now it’s our turn. 2ALC is coordinating an amicus brief campaign to support the case and respond to the briefs filed against us.
The Supreme Court’s ultimate ruling in Rahimi may help settle some outstanding issues regarding how the clarified Bruen test for evaluating the constitutionality of gun laws should be applied. But this case may be a mixed blessing because the case asks the Court to decide whether and when an entire class of people can be prohibited from possessing firearms without due process or consideration of individual circumstances.
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