CNN —The US Supreme Court will decide whether a federal law prevents Mexico from suing gun distributors for allegedly facilitating the flow of firearms to drug cartels.
The court had already agreed to hear cases on President Joe Biden’s regulation of “ghost guns” and vaping.
Mexico says gunmakers are recklessIn its lawsuit, Mexico alleged the manufacturers and distributors were aiding and abetting the purchase of their firearms by dealers known to supply drug cartels.
At the heart of the dispute before the Supreme Court is the 2005 federal law passed by a GOP-led Congress.
Lawyers for Mexico, which asked the court not to disturb the 1st Circuit’s ruling, defended the ruling’s rationale and argued that it was premature for the Supreme Court to take up the case.
Persons:
Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, gunmakers, Marlean Ames, Ames, ”, Biden, Ruben Gutierrez, Escolastica Harrison, Marcellus Williams, Felicia Gayle, Williams, CNN’s Devan Cole
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CNN, Smith & Wesson, Arms, GOP, Circuit, Twitter, ISIS, Lawyers, Department of Youth Services, Appeals, Nuclear Regulatory, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Storage Partners
Locations:
Mexico, Mexico’s, Cincinnati, Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma