{"id":1974895,"date":"2023-07-17T07:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-torn-over-supreme-court-direction-in-next-second-amendment-case\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T07:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:24:54","slug":"experts-torn-over-supreme-court-direction-in-next-second-amendment-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-torn-over-supreme-court-direction-in-next-second-amendment-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts divided on Supreme Court&#8217;s stance in upcoming Second Amendment case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexperts-torn-over-supreme-court-direction-in-next-second-amendment-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974895&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Supreme Court Faces Novel Second Amendment Challenge\u200b in Rahimi\u2062 v. \u2064U.S.<\/h2>\n<p>As the Supreme Court prepares for \u200cits next \u2062Second\u200c Amendment case, \u2064legal \u200cexperts are divided \u200don \u200dhow \u2062the justices\u200c will \u200drule on a \u200bgroundbreaking challenge \u200cto a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/department-of-veterans-affairs-sued-over-new-federally-funded-abortion-policy\/\" title=\"Department of Veterans Affairs Sued Over New Federally Funded Abortion Policy\">longstanding federal law<\/a>. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-torn-over-supreme-court-direction-in-next-second-amendment-case\/\" title=\"Experts divided on Supreme Court's stance in upcoming Second Amendment case.\">law prohibits\u2064 domestic \u200cabusers<\/a> from \u200bpossessing \u2062firearms.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bcase,\u200b known\u200b as Rahimi v. \u200dU.S.,\u200b involves Texas\u200c resident \u2062Zackey \u2063Rahimi. Rahimi&#8217;s legal\u2064 troubles\u200b began \u2063in 2019 when\u2063 he fired\u2062 a\u200c gun at a passerby \u2064who witnessed him\u2064 dragging \u200dhis girlfriend\u2063 through a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn't\">parking lot<\/a>. Months later, \u200cRahimi \u200cwas \u2062involved in \u2062another shooting after a vehicular \u2064accident, \u200cwhere \u2062he repeatedly shot at the other \u200ddriver. He also\u200d threatened a\u2063 woman \u2063with a gun\u200b and fired\u2063 shots\u2064 into the air\u200c in separate \u2064incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Rahimi&#8217;s public\u200c defenders\u2062 are\u200d challenging one \u2064of his \u2063convictions under\u2064 a 1994 federal statute that \u2062bars individuals subject to domestic \u200bviolence \u200crestraining \u2063orders from owning firearms.\u2063 They argue that\u2064 this \u200dstatute, \u200bknown as \u2063922(g)(8), should \u2063not stand because it\u2064 did \u200cnot exist at the \u200btime \u200cof the\u200b nation&#8217;s founding.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200d  \u200d<\/p>\n<h3>Legal Battle \u200dand Mixed Responses<\/h3>\n<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals \u2062for\u200b the 5th \u2063Circuit sided with Rahimi, calling the statute \u200can &#8220;outlier.&#8221; The Biden \u200dadministration appealed to\u200b the \u2063Supreme \u200bCourt, which agreed to hear the\u2064 case.\u2064 Legal experts\u2064 have\u200b provided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-county-renames-justice-complex-in-honor-of-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Nevada County Renames Justice Complex in Honor of Donald Trump\">mixed responses<\/a> on \u2063how the case\u2064 might resolve, \u200dgiven \u200dthe court&#8217;s \u2063previous\u2064 decision\u200b in\u200b Bruen\u200d v. New\u200d York\u200c Rifle\u200d &#038; \u200bPistol Assn.\u2064 Some experts believe\u2062 the court may uphold \u200cthe \u200dstatute, while \u200cothers think it \u200dmay\u2064 affirm the 5th \u200cCircuit&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gun \u2062rights\u2064 groups, including the \u200cNational \u2063Rifle\u2062 Association, have been surprisingly quiet \u200dabout the case.\u200c However, organizations\u2064 focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">domestic violence<\/a> and gun \u200bviolence have\u2062 suggested \u200dthat the\u200d Supreme Court could\u2064 rule \u200dagainst\u2063 Rahimi \u2062while \u200bupholding \u200bits recent Second Amendment \u200dtest from Bruen.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2064the uncertainties, \u2062the\u2063 outcome of \u200cthe Rahimi case \u200dis \u2064expected to generate\u2063 significant\u2062 tensions \u2062and interest as \u200bmajor stakeholders\u2062 weigh\u2062 in\u200c on the importance of upholding\u2064 the 1994 statute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Supreme Court gears up for its next Second Amendment case, legal experts are divided on how the justices will rule on a unique challenge to a longstanding federal law prohibiting domestic abusers from owning firearms. 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