The Supreme Court handed down its most significant gun control ruling in two years, upholding a federal
law that bars people who are the subject of domestic violence restraining orders from owning weapons. With
conservatives and liberals joining the 8-1 majority, the decision was a major win for gun safety groups and
victims of domestic violence. It limited a controversial standard the high court’s conservatives had set down in 2022 that required gun
prohibitions to have a connection to history to survive constitutional scrutiny.
But the majority opinion from Chief Justice John Roberts also left unanswered key questions about when the government may disarm non-violent criminals. The case centered
on a 1994 law that bars people who are the subject of domestic violence restraining orders from possessing guns. A Texas man, Zackey Rahimi,
was convicted for violating that law following a series of shootings.
The Supreme Court appears ready to rule that hospitals in Idaho may provide medically necessary abortions to stabilize patients at least for now,
despite the state’s strict abortion law, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted on Wednesday to the court’s website and obtained by Bloomberg News.
The document suggests that a 6-3 ruling from the court will reinstate a lower court’s order to allow Idaho emergency rooms to provide abortions that save a woman’s
health as the broader legal case plays out.
The Justice Department had sued Idaho over its abortion law, which allows a woman to get an abortion only when her life
— not her health — is at risk. Idaho doctors say they were unable to provide the stabilizing treatment the federal law requires and that is typically standard of care,
prompting them to airlift at least a half-dozen pregnant patients to other states since Idaho’s law took effect in January.
While friends and neighbors are remembering firefighter Corey Comperatore – the man shot and killed during the 'attempted' killing of Donald Trump, Trump heads to the RNC convention!
Have you considered a trip to Scotland? Historical importance not withstanding, Scotland is ....
So why invite her boyfriend on stage during a performance? Bad enough she is highlighted when she attends one of his football games.
Law that bars people who are the subject of domestic violence restraining orders from owning weapons is upheld.
What is the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case?
