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☆ Supreme Court rejects appeals brought by RFK Jr-founded anti-vaccine group over Covid shots
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away two Covid-related appeals brought by Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In the FDA case, the group claimed in court papers that Covid vaccines were "ineffective and lacked proper vetting." Circuit Court of Appeals found that Kennedy's group did not have legal standing to sue. Kennedy is listed as a lawyer on the Rutgers filing at the Supreme Court despite his leave of absence from the group. In a separate vaccine-related case, the court also turned away a challenge to Connecticut's decision to repeal a religious exemption for school vaccinations.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy Organizations: Children's Health Defense, Food, Rutgers University, FDA, Circuit, Appeals, Rutgers, Democratic, Health Defense Locations: Phoenix , Arizona, New Jersey, Orleans, Philadelphia

☆ Supreme Court upholds domestic violence gun restriction
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court before the start of oral arguments in the United States v. Rahimi second amendement case in Washington on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that prohibits people subjected to domestic violence restraining orders from having firearms, taking a step back from its recent endorsement of a broad right to possess a gun. The court on an 8-1 vote ruled in favor of the Biden administration, which was defending the law — one of several federal gun restrictions currently facing legal challenges. He argued that he cannot be prosecuted under the federal gun possession restriction in light of what the Supreme Court concluded. But the case before the justices concerns his separate prosecution by the Justice Department for violating the federal gun possession law.

Persons: Biden, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Joe Biden, Zackey, Rahimi's, Rahimi Organizations: U.S, Supreme, New York State, Justice Department, Circuit, Appeals Locations: United States, Washington, Texas, Arlington , Texas, New Orleans

☆ U.S. appeals court rejects SEC oversight rule for private equity, hedge funds
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Circuit Court of Appeals decided that the SEC exceeded its authority by adopting the rule in August 2023. The latest decision addressed rules covering private equity funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds and managers of funds for institutional investors such as pension funds and endowments, among others. Industry critics said this lack of transparency has hurt ordinary investors with indirect exposure to private funds, such as through pension and retirement plans. Private funds often attract well-heeled, sophisticated investors, and as a result have received less federal regulatory oversight than investments geared toward ordinary investors. In announcing the new rules, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said they would benefit "all investors, big or small, institutional or retail, sophisticated or not."

Persons: Gary Gensler Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Circuit, Appeals, SEC, U.S, Democratic, Republican, National Association of Private Fund, Alternative Investment Management Association, American Investment Council, Trading Association, Association, National Venture Capital Association Locations: Washington ,, U.S, New Orleans

☆ Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Illegal and ghost guns on display at the Attorney General Letitia James offices in Manhattan on March 15, 2023. The justices by a 5-4 vote had previously intervened to keep the regulation in effect during the legal fight. Ghost guns, which lack serial numbers, have been turning up at crime scenes with increasing regularity. The requirement applies regardless of how the firearm was made, meaning it includes ghost guns made from individual parts or kits or by 3D printers. The Supreme Court allowed the regulation to remain in effect while the lawsuit continues.

Persons: Letitia James, Luiz C . Ribeiro, District Judge Reed O'Connor, O'Connor, Donald Trump, O'Connor's, John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Barrett, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh Organizations: New York Daily News, Tribune, Service, Getty, Biden, Justice, U.S, District, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Circuit, Appeals, Trump Locations: Manhattan, New, Fort Worth , Texas

☆ Supreme Court allows a new Texas immigration law that gives police the power to arrest migrants
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce a contentious new law that gives local police the power to arrest migrants. The dispute is the latest clash between the Biden administration and Texas over immigration enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a brief order that it could go into effect March 10 if the Supreme Court declined to intervene. On March 4, Justice Samuel Alito issued a temporary freeze on the law to give the Supreme Court time to consider the federal government's request. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said in court papers that the Texas law is "flatly inconsistent" with Supreme Court precedent dating back 100 years.

Persons: Biden, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Elizabeth Prelogar Organizations: Border Patrol, Biden, Circuit, Appeals Locations: Venezuela, Rio, Eagle Pass , Texas, Texas, Mexico, New Orleans

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Texas has ordered a 55-year-old U.S. agency that caters to minority-owned businesses to serve people regardless of race, siding with white business owners who claimed the program discriminated against them. The agency, which helps minority-owned businesses obtain financing and government contracts, now operates in 33 states and Puerto Rico. Justice Department lawyers representing Minority Business Development Agency declined to comment on the ruling, which can be appealed to the conservative-leaning 5th U.S. John F. Robinson, president of the National Minority Business Council, said the ruling is “a blow against minority owned businesses," and does nothing to help majority-owned businesses because they already enjoy access to federal resources through the Small Business Administration. "It has the potential of damaging the whole minority business sector because there will be less service available to minority-owned businesses,” Robinson said.

Persons: Mark T, Pittman, Donald Trump, Nixon, Biden, ” Pittman, Dan Lennington, ” Lennington, John F, Robinson, ” Robinson, Arian Simone, Alphonso David, David, Stanley Goldfarb, ”, “, —, David Glasgow, Graham Lee Brewer, Haleluya Hadero Organizations: —, U.S, Northern, Northern District of, U.S . Commerce Department, Infrastructure Investment, Jobs, Black, Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Justice Department, Business, Agency, Circuit, National Minority Business Council, Small Business Administration, Economic, Pfizer, The, Appeals, American Alliance for Equal Rights, Meltzer Center for Diversity, New York University’s School of Law, Supreme, AP Locations: Texas, Northern District, Northern District of Texas, Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Tennessee, Atlanta, The New York, Florida, New

☆ Factbox-Biden Administration, Texas Battling Over Border Policies on Multiple Fronts
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Those cases could ultimately determine how much power, if any, states possess to police international borders when they disagree with federal immigration policies. The Biden administration has sued to strike down the law, claiming it interferes with the federal government's exclusive powers to police the border and enforce immigration laws. In defending the law, Texas will have to contend with a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down key provisions of an Arizona immigration law. Texas in its lawsuit claims that by destroying the wire, federal agents are violating the state's property rights. Days after four migrants drowned in the river last July, the state installed the string of buoys, prompting a lawsuit by the Biden administration.

Persons: Daniel Wiessner, Greg Abbott, Joe Biden, Abbott, Biden, Alexia Garamfalvi, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Republican Texas, Democrat, Supreme, Biden, U.S . Customs, Border, . Border Patrol, U.S, Circuit Locations: Mexico, Texas, U.S, Arizona, Rio Grande, Eagle, , Texas, Mexico . Texas, New Orleans, Rio, Albany , New York

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature's redrawn congressional map giving the state a second mostly Black district is being challenged by 12 self-described “non-African American” voters in a new lawsuit. At least one person, state Sen. Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat from Baton Rouge, has already said he will be a candidate in the new district. It is not clear how the lawsuit will affect that district or the 2022 litigation, which is still ongoing. Louisiana's Legislature drew a new map in 2022 that was challenged by voting rights advocates because only one of six U.S. House maps was majority Black, even though the state population is roughly one-third Black. As the case was appealed, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an unexpected ruling in June that favored Black voters in a congressional redistricting case in Alabama.

Persons: Sen, Cleo Fields, John Bel Edwards, Shelly Dick, Jeff Landry, Edwards, Garrett Graves, Landry's, Nancy Landry, David Joseph, Donald Trump Organizations: ORLEANS, American, Republican, Democrat, Louisiana's, ., U.S, Supreme, Black, Circuit, Appeals, Gov, GOP, Republicans Locations: Louisiana, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Alabama, Shreveport, Black, Western

The outcome of the case will likely determine whether tens of thousands of people win back the right to vote. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the ban violates the Constitution's prohibition against “cruel and unusual” punishment. But the full 17-member circuit court vacated that ruling weeks later and scheduled Tuesday's hearing. In a dissent to the August ruling, Jones cited a previous Supreme Court ruling regarding felons' disenfranchisement, saying it is up to legislatures to decide such matters. King and Dennis will also take part because they were members of the original ruling panel.

Persons: James Dennis, Carolyn Dineen King, — King, Jimmy Carter, Dennis, Bill Clinton, Edith Jones, Ronald Reagan, Jones, King Organizations: ORLEANS, —, Circuit, Appeals, Senior, Democratic Locations: Mississippi, New Orleans, “ Mississippi, ”

☆ Supreme Court allows Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire installed by Texas at Mexico border
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A closely-divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to cut through or move razor wire Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an effort by the state to prevent illegal border crossings. The Biden administration says the wire prevents agents from reaching migrants who have already crossed over the border into the U.S.Texas Gov. Texas sued after Border Patrol agents cut through some of the razor wire, claiming the agents had trespassed and damaged state property. A federal judge ruled for the Biden administration, but the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. The Department of Homeland Security said Border Patrol agents were "physically barred" from entering the area during the incident.

Persons: Biden, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Gregg Abbott, Ken Paxton Organizations: Border Patrol, U.S . Texas Gov, Republican, Texas, Circuit, Star, Democratic, Biden, Supreme, The Department of Homeland Security Locations: Rio, United States, Eagle Pass , Texas, Texas, Mexico, U.S, Eagle, New Orleans, Grande

☆ US Court Will Reconsider Forcing Texas to Remove Rio Grande Migrant Barrier
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Daniel Wiessner(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said it would reconsider a recent decision requiring Texas to remove a 1,000-foot-long (305-meter) floating barrier it had placed in the Rio Grande river to deter migrants from illegally crossing the border with Mexico. That ruling was a setback for Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, who has strongly criticized Democratic President Joe Biden's handling of record numbers of migrants crossing the border illegally. Abbott's office, the office of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and the U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The floating barrier is part of Abbott's broader effort to deter and punish illegal border crossings, collectively known as Operation Lone Star. All of those initiatives have spawned court battles between Texas and the Biden administration and civil rights groups.

Persons: Daniel Wiessner, panel's, Biden, Greg Abbott, Joe Biden's, Ken Paxton, Alexia Garamfalvi, Bill Berkrot Organizations: U.S, Circuit, Texas, Republican, Democratic, Republican Texas, U.S . Department of Justice, Lone Star, Democrat Locations: Texas, Rio, Mexico, New Orleans, Lone Star . Texas, Albany , New York

Jones mandated Black majorities in one additional congressional district, two additional state Senate districts and five additional state House districts. Political Cartoons View All 1277 Images“A minority opportunity district must be a district where a single racial group is a majority," Echols said Monday. “District 7 was a minority opportunity district in our view. Besides congressional districts, minority coalitions could also be an issue in Georgia’s new state legislative maps, which are moving toward final passage. “And it’s all over this map from District 10 to congressional District 7.

Persons: Rep Lucy McBath, Steve Jones, Jones, Shelly Echols, Echols, ”, Ken Lawler, McBath, Carolyn Bordeaux, Sen, Tonya Anderson Organizations: ATLANTA, Georgia Republicans, U.S, Supreme, Democratic U.S, Rep, District, Gainesville Republican, Circuit, Appeals, Democratic, Republicans, Democrat Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia's, ”, Gainesville, U.S, Florida, Alabama, Hardee County , Florida, Gwinnett County, Fulton County, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Fayette counties, “, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Galveston County , Texas, Michigan, Atlanta’s, Five

Asylum-seeking migrants walk in the Rio Grande river between the floating fence and the river bank as they look for an opening on a concertina wire fence to land on the U.S. soil in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDec 1 (Reuters) - Texas must remove a 1,000-foot-long (305-meter) floating barrier it placed in the Rio Grande river to deter migrants from illegally crossing the border with Mexico, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday in a victory for President Joe Biden's administration. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision declined a request by the Republican-governed state to reverse a federal judge's decision ordering it to move the string of buoys placed in the Rio Grande in July near Eagle Pass, Texas. Judge Don Willett, a Trump appointee, disagreed with his colleagues in the ruling that the portion of the Rio Grande where the buoys were placed was navigable. On Thursday, a federal judge rejected a bid by Texas to block federal immigration authorities from destroying the wire fencing.

Persons: Go Nakamura, Joe Biden's, David Ezra, Greg Abbott, Abbott, Biden, Don Willett, Willett, Donald Trump, Daniel Wiessner, Will Dunham, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: REUTERS, Circuit, Appeals, Republican, 5th Circuit, U.S . Army Corps of Engineers, Texas, Democrat, Trump, U.S . Justice, Thomson Locations: Rio Grande, Eagle Pass , Texas, U.S, Texas, Rio, Mexico, New Orleans, Eagle, , Texas, San Antonio, Albany , New York

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to fight fraud, part of a broad attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Jarkesy and his Patriot28 investment adviser group on three separate issues. And it said laws shielding the commission’s administrative law judges from being fired by the president are unconstitutional. Jarkesy's lawyers noted that the SEC wins almost all the cases it brings in front of the administrative law judges but only about 60% of cases tried in federal court. A decision upholding the 5th Circuit's ruling could sweep far more broadly, calling into question the authority of administrative law judges at numerous federal agencies, the Justice Department said.

Persons: Biden, George R, Jarkesy, ”, Jennifer Walker Elrod, Andrew Oldham, Elrod, George W, Bush, Donald Trump, Eugene Davis, Ronald Reagan Organizations: WASHINGTON, Securities, Exchange, SEC, Circuit, Oldham, Justice Department Locations: New Orleans

The nine justices are due to hear arguments in an appeal by President Joe Biden's administration of a lower court's decision restricting the SEC's in-house tribunal system. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2022 ruled that the SEC's in-house proceedings violate the U.S. Constitution's Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial and infringe on presidential and congressional powers. The SEC, which enforces various U.S. laws that protect investors, pursued 270 new in-house proceedings in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, compared to 231 in federal court. The court in 2018 faulted the way the SEC selected its in-house judges, and in April made it easier for targets of agency actions to mount challenges in federal court. The Supreme Court is expected to rule by the end of June.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Joe Biden's, George Jarkesy, Jarkesy, Andrew Chung, John Kruzel, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Supreme, Securities, Exchange, Circuit, SEC, Patriot28, U.S . Consumer, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, New Orleans, Constitution's, Houston, disgorge, New York, Washington

☆ SEC's in-house enforcement powers at risk in US Supreme Court case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Andrew Chung | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The case involves hedge fund manager George Jarkesy, who the SEC fined and barred from the industry after determining he had committed securities fraud. Critics of the agency have argued that its in-house system gives it the unfair advantage of prosecuting cases before its own judges rather than before a jury in federal court. The case could make it harder for the SEC weed out bad actors in the securities industry, legal experts said. The court in 2018 faulted the way the SEC selected its in-house judges, and in April made it easier for targets of agency actions to mount challenges in federal court. The FINRA case - a constitutional challenge to its structure brought by Utah-based Alpine Securities Corp - is currently before another federal appellate court and eventually could come to the Supreme Court.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Joe Biden's, George Jarkesy, Jarkesy, infringes, Benjamin Edwards, Edwards, FINRA, James Park, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Exchange, Circuit, 5th Circuit, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, University of Nevada, Consumer, U.S, Constitution, Patriot28, Securities, Jarkesy, Alpine Securities Corp, Supreme, UCLA School of Law, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, New Orleans, Constitution's, Las Vegas, Houston, disgorge, Utah

☆ Idaho asks US Supreme Court to allow near-total abortion ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( John Kruzel | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The sun sets on the U.S. Supreme Court building after a stormy day in Washington, U.S., November 11, 2022. Idaho's Republican attorney general and top Republican state lawmakers in court papers told the Supreme Court that Winmill's ruling has permitted "an ongoing violation of both Idaho's sovereignty and its traditional police power over medical practice." Winmill that month agreed, blocking the Idaho law from being enforced in cases of abortions needed to avoid putting the woman's health in "serious jeopardy" or risking "serious impairment to bodily functions." Circuit Court of Appeals in September agreed to let Idaho enforce its ban amid an appeal. But the full 9th Circuit this month reversed the panel's ruling, granting the Biden administration's request to block the Idaho law while the appeal proceeds.

Persons: Leah Millis, Joe Biden's, District Judge B, Lynn Winmill's, Wade, Roe, Biden, James Wesley Hendrix, preliminarily, John Kruzel, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, REUTERS, Rights, Monday, Republican, Democratic, District Judge, Defense, U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, Labor, Biden, Circuit, Appeals, District, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Idaho, In Idaho, U.S, San Francisco, Texas, New Orleans

Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a 3-2 decision issued last year by the National Labor Relations Board, which had said Tesla couldn’t prohibit union attire. The court opinion noted that Tesla allowed workers to affix “any number or size” of pro-union stickers to company-issued clothing. “We may have concluded differently had Tesla prohibited union insignia," read the opinion issued Tuesday by a unanimous panel of three 5th Circuit judges. The opinion comes as the 5th Circuit prepares for arguments in another union-related matter involving Tesla, NLRB and the assembly plant in Fremont, California. But that order was vacated after the full 5th Circuit, currently with 16 full-time judges, voted to hear the matter.

Persons: Tesla, didn't, ”, Jerry Smith, Elon Musk, Musk, Smith, Ronald Reagan, Leslie Southwick, George W ., Stephen Higginson, Barack Obama Organizations: ORLEANS, United Auto Workers, U.S, Circuit, National Labor Relations Board, Associated Press, UAW, NLRB, Twitter Locations: California, Fremont , California

Companies Tesla Inc FollowNov 15 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) did not violate U.S. labor law by prohibiting workers at its flagship Fremont, California, assembly plant from wearing pro-union t-shirts, a federal appeals court has ruled. The electric vehicle maker adopted its uniform policy in 2017 amid an organizing campaign by the United Auto Workers union (UAW). President Joe Biden said last week that he supported the union's efforts to organize workers at Tesla and Toyota. Tesla's "team wear" policy required employees to wear black shirts imprinted with the Tesla logo. A three-judge 5th Circuit panel in March had affirmed the labor board's decision.

Persons: Tesla, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, tweeting, Daniel Wiessner, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Tesla, Tesla Inc, Circuit, Appeals, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, United Auto Workers union, UAW, U.S, Detroit Three, Toyota, Thomson Locations: Fremont , California, New Orleans, Albany , New York

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana lawyer who objected to the state bar association’s public statements on several issues including health tips and LGBTQ rights can no longer be forced to join or pay dues to the association, a federal appeals court has ruled. Circuit Court of Appeals order, dated Monday, blocks the Louisiana State Bar Association from forcing attorney Randy Boudreaux to join the LSBA or pay its dues, at least for now. Boudreaux's is one of more than two dozen cases playing out around the country challenging state requirements that attorneys join and pay dues to state bar associations. Organizations including the Goldwater Institute and, in Louisiana, the Pelican Institute, are challenging mandatory bar association membership as violations of free speech rights. The association's promotion of an article on the effects of student loan debt on young lawyers was not germane, the court found.

Persons: Randy Boudreaux, Boudreaux's, Monday's, LSBA, Jerry Smith, Boudreaux, ”, Smith, ” Smith, “, Dane Ciolino, Ronald Reagan, Carolyn Dineen King, Jimmy Carter, Jennifer Walker Elrod, George W, Bush Organizations: ORLEANS, —, U.S, Circuit, Louisiana State Bar Association, Goldwater Institute, Pelican Institute, Twitter, LGBT Locations: Louisiana, Texas

Circuit Court of Appeals ruling means the lease sale — once set for September, but postponed multiple times amid legal fights — will be held in December. And it must cover 73 million acres (30 million hectares), as originally planned when the administration announced the sale in the spring. The administration later scaled back the area covered by the lease sale to 67 million acres (27 million hectares) as part of an agreement to protect the endangered Rice’s whale. But the state of Louisiana joined oil and gas companies in opposing the changes. The American Petroleum Institute, a powerful U.S. oil and gas industry trade association, lauded the development.

Persons: Biden, —, ” George Torgun, Ryan Meyers Organizations: ORLEANS, U.S, Circuit, Industry, Biden, American Petroleum Institute, Energy, Fifth Circuit Locations: Gulf, Mexico, Louisiana

Parts of a ghost gun kit are on display at an event held by U.S. President Joe Biden to announce measures to fight ghost gun crime, at the White House in Washington U.S., April 11, 2022. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a group of firearm owners, gun rights groups and manufacturers in declaring the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' 2022 rule "unlawful." "ATF, in promulgating its final rule, attempted to take on the mantle of Congress to 'do something' with respect to gun control," he wrote. The administration has said that ghost guns are attractive to criminals and others prohibited from lawfully buying firearms, including minors. There were about 20,000 suspected ghost guns reported in 2021 to the ATF as having been recovered by law enforcement in criminal investigations - a tenfold increase from 2016, according to the White House.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kevin Lamarque, Biden, Donald Trump, Kurt Engelhardt, Cody Wisniewski, Nate Raymond, Michael Perry Organizations: U.S, White, REUTERS, Circuit, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Republican, Gun Control, U.S . Department of Justice, Coalition Action Foundation, ATF, Biden, Thomson Locations: Washington U.S, New Orleans, Texas, U.S ., Boston

☆ Federal appeals court calls Biden’s ‘ghost gun’ limits unlawful
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"Ghost guns" seized in federal law enforcement actions are displayed at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) field office in Glendale, California on April 18, 2022. A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that the Biden administration lacked authority to adopt a regulation aimed at reining in privately made firearms called "ghost guns" that are difficult for law enforcement to trace. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a group of firearm owners, gun rights groups and manufacturers in declaring the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' 2022 rule "unlawful." The administration has said that ghost guns are attractive to criminals and others prohibited from lawfully buying firearms, including minors. There were about 20,000 suspected ghost guns reported in 2021 to the ATF as having been recovered by law enforcement in criminal investigations — a tenfold increase from 2016, according to the White House.

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump, Kurt Engelhardt, Cody Wisniewski Organizations: Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Circuit, Republican, Gun Control, U.S . Department of Justice, U.S, Coalition Action Foundation, ATF, Biden Locations: Glendale , California, New Orleans, Texas, U.S .

Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the measure failed a stringent test set by the Supreme Court in a 2022 ruling that required gun laws to be "consistent with the nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation" in order to survive a Second Amendment challenge. Violating the law initially was punishable by up to 10 years in prison but has since been raised to 15 years. A federal judge rejected Rahimi's Second Amendment challenge and sentenced him to more than six years in prison. Biden's administration has said the law should survive because of the long tradition in the United States of taking guns from people deemed dangerous. Supporters of Rahimi have argued that judges too easily issue restraining orders in an unfair process that results in the deprivation of the constitutional gun rights of accused abusers.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kevin Lamarque, Joe Biden's, Bruen, Zackey, Rahimi, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, White, REUTERS, Rights, Supreme, Circuit, Appeals, New York State, Police, Thomson Locations: Washington U.S, Orleans, New York, Texas, Bruen, United States

☆ Guns rights and domestic violence protections collide at US Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Andrew Chung | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

A group among hundreds of supporters of gun control laws rally in front of the US Supreme Court as the justices hear the first major gun rights case since 2010, in Washington, U.S. December 2, 2019. The law at issue makes it a crime for a person under a domestic violence restraining order to have a gun. And in this case, many gun rights groups and conservative or libertarian legal scholars support Rahimi's challenge, while many liberal and gun safety organizations oppose it. The Supreme Court will hear an appeal by President Joe Biden's administration of a ruling by the 5th U.S. It also emphasized that a gun's presence gun substantially increases the chances that a domestic violence incident turn deadly.

Persons: Andrew Chung, Phil Sorrells, they're, Sorrells, Zackey Rahimi, George Mocsary, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump's, Rahimi, Eve Brensike Primus, Primus, Will Dunham Organizations: US, Court, REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Republican, University of Wyoming, Circuit, Appeals, New York, University of Michigan Law, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, New Orleans, Tarrant County, Texas, United States, New York, Republican Texas

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