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U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Oct. 17, 2017

Zoning ordinance is a permissible police power

The 9th Circuit has boldly stepped into the national spotlight on this issue, placing new constitutional restrictions on the sale of firearms.

Imran Khaliq

Imran runs a general practice law firm in Menlo Park specializing in intellectual property, technology transactions, business litigation and civil rights. Before starting his own practice, he worked as partner at several firms and in-house counsel, managing complex commercial and IP litigation and helping clients develop and license patent portfolios.

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Zoning ordinance is a permissible police power
Dick Heller signs a copy of the decision in his case by the U.S. Supreme Court outside the courthouse in Washington, Thursday, June 26, 2008. (New York Times News Service)

This month we all watched with horror as news unfolded of yet another mass shooting, this time, taking the lives of 58 people and injuring countless others in Las Vegas, Nevada. Of course, as we have come to expect, neither the president nor members of Congress have spoken up firmly about this issue -- how many more domestic mass shootings are we going to tolerate as a nation before common sense gun laws are enforced or sensible restrictions are put in place that curb...

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