Supreme Court Backs Gun Rights for Marijuana Users in 9-0 Decision

Legal analysts burn Justice Neil Gorsuch's 'absurd' rationale in gun rights case

A couple of legal analysts ripped the bizarre rationale in the ruling of a MAGA star on the Supreme Court.On the Legal AF podcast, host Michael Popok and legal analyst Lisa Graves shared how put off they were by Justice Neil Gorsuch's opinion in the United States v. Hemani ruling. The case involved a Texas gun owner who was found with marijuana and admitted to regularly using the drug.The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the federal government can't…

Supreme Court limits federal authority to disarm marijuana users

In a rare unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court has limited the federal government’s authority to take or deny guns to marijuana users. The Court held that this restriction is a violation of the Second Amendment. Ali Danial Hemani, a dual citizen of the US and Pakistan, was indicted in 2023 for violating the Gun Control Act. He had a 9mm handgun and 60 grams of marijuana when police with a warrant searched his home. He surrendered the gun and…

Gun Rights Groups Celebrate Hemani Win

Gun rights groups celebrate Supreme Court ruling protecting firearm ownership for recreational marijuana users.

Supreme Court backs gun rights for marijuana users in 9-0 decision

(The Center Square) – Gun rights advocates celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to allow occasional marijuana users to possess firearms.

SCOTUS Backs Texas Marijuana User’s Gun Rights Ownership Challenge – 710am KURV

The Supreme Court is endorsing a marijuana user’s challenge to a law that bars people who use illegal drugs from having guns. The court voted nine to zero on Thursday to reject the federal government’s claim that anybody who uses marijuana is a danger to others. Justices ruled that the government’s invocation of the law infringed upon the Second Amendment rights of Ali Danial Hemani, a resident of Lewisville in the DFW area. Hemani successfully …