Civil Rights,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 4, 2020
Background check challenge might mark significant 9th Circuit shift
Nearly a dozen cases the U.S. Supreme Court court had been holding under consideration pending the outcome of the New York case were placed on the conference schedule for today for a decision on whether to grant one or more of them, or wait for a better vehicle.
A challenge to a California law requiring background checks to purchase ammunition will not make it past the 9th Circuit in time to be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court today as a possible landmark case to reaffirm two of the high court's previous Second Amendment rulings.
But the outcome for the ruling from the Southern District of California could be an indication of a change in the outlook of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of App...
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