US EditionUS Supreme Court Asked To Decide If Casual Pot Use Should Cost You Your Gun Rights
The case questions if federal law can bar cannabis users from gun ownership despite 64 million Americans using marijuana, with the court examining constitutional protections.
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Can It Be a Felony to Possess a Gun if You Smoke Weed?
On March 2, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in United States v. Hemani, a case that asks: Is it constitutional for the government to charge someone as a felon because they used marijuana and had a gun locked in a safe? For the ACLU, which is co-counsel in this case, the answer is a clear no. The government charged Ali Hemani under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which makes it a felony for “unlawful users” of controlled substances or those “addicte…
US Supreme Court Asked To Decide If Casual Pot Use Should Cost You Your Gun Rights
A major legal battle is heating up in the nation’s capital that could impact tens of millions of Americans. The Liberty Justice Center filed a supporting legal brief this week in the case of United States v. Hemani, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that the government cannot ban people from owning firearms just […] US Supreme Court Asked To Decide If Casual Pot Use Should Cost You Your Gun Rights
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