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With Bruen follow-up cases making their way to SCOTUS, round-ups of federal Second Amendment litigation

Just shy of a year ago, the Supreme Court handed down its landmark Second Amendment decision in Bruen, and at the time I suggested in a series of posts (some linked below) that a number of broad federal criminal firearm prohibitions might be subject to new constitutional challenges. In fact, Bruen has lead to an extraordinary amount of litigation surrounding many federal gun restrictions in 18 U.S.C. § 922, and constitutional challenges are now splitting federal circuit courts and making their way to the Supreme Court. This past week, I have noted a number of notable new press pieces and commentary on these fronts. Here is a round up of some of these Second Amendment round ups:

From Reason, “Second Amendment Roundup: Third Circuit Rules Felon Ban Invalid as Applied: Range would be the best § 922(g) case for the Supreme Court to resolve.

From Reason, “Originalism in the Lower Courts: Fifth Circuit Panel Invites Amicus Briefs on Second Amendment: ‘Of particular interest are historical gun regulations applicable to intoxicated or impaired individuals’.”

From NBC News, “Supreme Court considers recoil from landmark gun rights ruling: After lower court rulings struck down longstanding gun restrictions, the Biden administration asks justices to uphold restrictions on people with domestic violence restraining orders.”

From the New York Times, “Do People Subject to Domestic Abuse Orders Have the Right to Be Armed?: The Supreme Court will soon consider whether to hear an appeal of a ruling striking down a domestic-violence law under the Second Amendment.”

From the Washington Examiner, “Starting pistol: ‘Tidal wave’ of gun laws struck down a year after Supreme Court Bruen ruling

Some (of many) prior recent related posts: