Experts divided on Supreme Court’s stance in upcoming Second Amendment case.
Supreme Court Faces Novel Second Amendment Challenge in Rahimi v. U.S.
As the Supreme Court prepares for its next Second Amendment case, legal experts are divided on how the justices will rule on a groundbreaking challenge to a longstanding federal law. This law prohibits domestic abusers from possessing firearms.
The case, known as Rahimi v. U.S., involves Texas resident Zackey Rahimi. Rahimi’s legal troubles began in 2019 when he fired a gun at a passerby who witnessed him dragging his girlfriend through a parking lot. Months later, Rahimi was involved in another shooting after a vehicular accident, where he repeatedly shot at the other driver. He also threatened a woman with a gun and fired shots into the air in separate incidents.
Rahimi’s public defenders are challenging one of his convictions under a 1994 federal statute that bars individuals subject to domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms. They argue that this statute, known as 922(g)(8), should not stand because it did not exist at the time of the nation’s founding.
Legal Battle and Mixed Responses
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit sided with Rahimi, calling the statute an “outlier.” The Biden administration appealed to the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case. Legal experts have provided mixed responses on how the case might resolve, given the court’s previous decision in Bruen v. New York Rifle & Pistol Assn. Some experts believe the court may uphold the statute, while others think it may affirm the 5th Circuit’s decision.
Gun rights groups, including the National Rifle Association, have been surprisingly quiet about the case. However, organizations focused on domestic violence and gun violence have suggested that the Supreme Court could rule against Rahimi while upholding its recent Second Amendment test from Bruen.
Despite the uncertainties, the outcome of the Rahimi case is expected to generate significant tensions and interest as major stakeholders weigh in on the importance of upholding the 1994 statute.
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