[ad_1] Unsurprisingly, Supreme Court Justices Alito and Thomas stand by the right of a known dangerous person to have a gun over the obligation of the government to keep guns out of dangerous people’s hands. The Second Amendment keeps us all “safe,” where “safe” is in danger of being shot at any moment wherever we

[ad_1] Although I am by no means a scholar of the Constitution, a few things I do know. The Constitution is an imperfect document that can be amended when citizens see fit. It has been amended 27 times. There are sometimes limits to the rights covered by the amendments. For example, everyone knows you cannot

[ad_1] My wife and I are still reeling from the Lewiston shooting. Although we live 40 minutes away, our sense of peace, safety and perception of what it means to live in Maine has been damaged by this dreadful event. Photographs of victims of the Oct. 25 killings are displayed on Oct. 29, during a

[ad_1] And that brings me to the second missing ingredient in the briefs supporting Rahimi: the Second Amendment itself. I don’t mean that the Second Amendment is missing from every brief; a brief from the Foundation for Moral Law and signed by, among others, Roy S. Moore, the former Alabama chief justice who founded the

[ad_1] BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — By next year, there may be tighter federal restrictions on who can own guns; the United States Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of a federal law from 1994, which bans those accused of domestic violence from possessing firearms. Reports say the Court is leaning towards such a federal regulation

[ad_1] A case over whether or not people subjected to restraining orders should lose their right to carry guns was heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as justices mull a legal challenge that could upend firearms laws nationally. The high court seemed skeptical as they accepted oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi, a

[ad_1] Published 2023-11-07 17:09 5:09 November 7, 2023 pm The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case on domestic violence restraining orders and firearm possession, with the justices spending much of their time seeking clarification on how to define, refine and apply a Second Amendment ruling they made last year in the

[ad_1] Two attorneys, nationally recognized for their successful lawsuits following mass shootings, were in Maine Monday night to promote civil litigation as a way to achieve justice for Lewiston shooting victims and their families. In the absence of action from political leaders, the two say the courts are the best way to upend the status

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[ad_1] The Supreme Court appears inclined to uphold a federal law banning guns from those subject to domestic violence restraining orders (DVROs), in the first major test of the Second Amendment at the high court this term.  In oral argument Tuesday, justices on both sides of the ideological spectrum seemed to agree with the Biden

[ad_1] The Center Square) — The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case alleging that a former New York official violated the National Rifle Association’s rights by encouraging companies to stop doing business with the organization in response to the 2018 Parkland, Florida school shooting. Justices have agreed to hear an appeal by the

[ad_1] CNN  —  The Supreme Court seemed poised Tuesday after oral arguments to rule in favor of a federal law that bars individuals subject to certain domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. The case – argued in the wake of a mass shooting in Maine that killed 18 last month – is the first substantive Second Amendment case to come before the justices

[ad_1] The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case, United States v. Rahimi, that challenges the federal law barring subjects of domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. Zackey Rahimi, who a lower court wrote is “hardly a model citizen” in its decision ruling in his favor, mounted a constitutional challenge to the statute after

[ad_1] Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared to side with the Biden administration‘s appeal of a lower court ruling that struck a federal statute barring people under a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a gun, teeing up a possible narrow ruling over the law in question. United States v. Rahimi is the high court’s

[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday for a case involving a Texas man challenging the government’s ability to disarm people who are subject to a domestic violence restraining order. The

[ad_1] The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Amy Fried is a retired political science professor at the University of Maine. Her views are her own and do not represent those of any group with which she

[ad_1] It really is a very simple problem: too many guns and not enough common sense. Does anyone truly believe the military-grade weapons, with high capacity magazines, are actually needed in every home? Or any home? The police certainly don’t. Would they like to respond to an emergency and be outgunned? People need to stop

[ad_1]   Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. DA Price is rightto focus on reform On Oct. 26, I attended a gathering in San Leandro to learn more about Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. She answered my question and said she believed in rehabilitation. When

[ad_1] That Sunday, Sherita Lynch heard the gunshots from her car. A human services practitioner with Advocate for All, Lynch was on her way to meet with Stephen Broderick for a supervised custody visit with his son Cayden, about to be dropped off by Stephen’s ex-wife Amanda. Lynch was only seconds from the meeting spot

[ad_1] Washington — The fallout from the Supreme Court’s landmark Second Amendment decision handed down last year was on display Tuesday when the justices weighed a high-stakes case that pits the right to bear arms against a federal law that seeks to protect victims of domestic violence by keeping guns away from their alleged abusers.

[ad_1] Washington — When the Supreme Court convenes Tuesday, it will be confronted with a high-stakes case that pits the Second Amendment right to bear arms against a law that seeks to protect victims of domestic violence by keeping guns away from their alleged abusers. Arguments in the dispute are the first the court will

[ad_1] On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear a case on whether a statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by people under domestic violence restraining orders is unconstitutional. Research has found that access to a gun increases the risk of killings in domestic violence cases. “American women are killed by intimate partners (husbands, lovers,