'I hope, too, that one day soon this Court will choose to settle the question so that other Americans seeking to vindicate their civil rights do not suffer the same fate as those now before us.'
Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that federal prosecutors cannot charge a Texas man with a felony for possessing a handgun in his home while he occasionally used marijuana. Read the full opinion here. The case involved Ali Danial Hemani, a dual U.S.-Pakistan citizen born and raised in Texas. In 2022, FBI agents raided his family’s […] The post Gorsuch Strikes Down Gun Ban for Everyday Marijuana Smokers appeared first on StoneZone .
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that federal prosecutors cannot charge a Texas man with a felony for possessing a handgun in his home while he occasionally used marijuana. Read the full opinion here . The case involved Ali Danial Hemani, a dual U.S.-Pakistan citizen born and raised in Texas. In 2022, FBI agents raided his family’s home in Lewisville as part of a national security investigation into suspected ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. During the search, agents discovered a handgun, roughly 60 grams of marijuana, and a small amount of cocaine. Hemani told agents he smoked marijuana about every other day Prosecutors charged him solely under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), the federal statute that…Open
Gorsuch-written opinion mocks former attorney general for arguing a "non-self-executing" subpoena for donor information is not a legal injury, comparing it to sword of Damocles. Ideologically disparate groups cheer ruling.
Alito's majority opinion in Dobbs, joined by Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Thomas and Coney Barrett, stands as one of the most consequential decisions in modern constitutional law.
Therapist's speech with gender-confused kids does not become conduct "just because it can also be described as a 'treatment,' a 'therapeutic modality,' or anything else," Gorsuch opinion says. Kagan disses Jackson.