Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023.
The indictment was secured in September by Special Counsel David Weiss after a plea agreement between Hunter Biden and prosecutors collapsed in August.
Many Republican lawmakers who have relentlessly criticized Hunter Biden lauded the Bruen decision.
Cases now being litigated will help determine how far the Bruen ruling lets courts go in invalidating gun laws.
Even if Hunter Biden gets the possession charge dismissed, there is still the matter of the two counts accusing him of false statements on the background check form.
Persons:
Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Jonathan Ernst, Joe Biden's, Bruen, David Weiss, Abbe Lowell, Biden, Maryellen Noreika, Lowell, Adam Winkler, Andrew Willinger, Hunter, Eric Ruben, Andrew Goudsward, Nate Raymond, Will Dunham, Scott Malone
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, Supreme, New York, U.S, District, Reuters, Mr, Democratic, Republican, UCLA, Duke University's Center, Firearms Law, Circuit, Appeals, Southern Methodist University, Thomson
Locations:
Wilmington , Delaware, U.S, Delaware, United States, New Orleans, Atlanta, Florida, Texas, Washington, Boston