{"id":2052254,"date":"2023-10-02T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-expected-to-rely-on-2nd-amendment-ruling-his-dad-said-should-deeply-trouble-us-all\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T11:50:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T15:50:20","slug":"hunter-biden-expected-to-rely-on-2nd-amendment-ruling-his-dad-said-should-deeply-trouble-us-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-expected-to-rely-on-2nd-amendment-ruling-his-dad-said-should-deeply-trouble-us-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden to rely on 2nd Amendment ruling, concerning his father."},"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%2Fhunter-biden-expected-to-rely-on-2nd-amendment-ruling-his-dad-said-should-deeply-trouble-us-all%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=2052254&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>Hunter Biden&#8217;s Legal Boost:\u2064 A\u2064 Second Amendment Case and the Supreme Court<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s son, Hunter Biden, may find an unexpected source\u200d of support in a Second Amendment case recently decided by the conservative-majority U.S.\u2063 Supreme Court. \u200bThe president himself expressed concern over the ruling, stating that \u2063it should &#8220;deeply trouble us all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Hunter \u2064Biden, 53, is expected to plead not guilty\u200b in Delaware to charges of unlawfully possessing a gun as an illegal\u200b drug user and lying about his drug use on a background check form when\u2062 he purchased a \u2063Colt Cobra revolver in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court&#8217;s June 2022 ruling in the case of <em>New\u200d York State Rifle &#038; Pistol Association Inc.<\/em> v. \u200d <em>Bruen<\/em> \u200c established a new standard for \u200devaluating \u2063the legality of government-imposed gun restrictions. The court declared that these restrictions must align \u2064with the U.S.\u200b &#8220;historical tradition of firearm regulation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The indictment\u2062 against \u200bHunter Biden was obtained in September by\u2062 Special Counsel David Weiss \u2063after a plea agreement\u200c between Hunter Biden and prosecutors \u200dfell through\u2064 in \u200bAugust. Abbe Lowell, \u200dBiden&#8217;s defense attorney, has hinted at \u2062challenging parts of the indictment based on the <em>Bruen<\/em> decision.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts anticipate that Hunter Biden, who has admitted to \u200cpast cocaine use, will \u200cargue for the dismissal of \u200bthe possession charge \u200cby asserting that the federal law prohibiting gun ownership for \u2063illegal drug users lacks \u2062historical precedent \u200dand \u2063violates his Second Amendment \u200cright &#8220;to keep and bear arms&#8221; under the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe \u2064Biden criticized the <em>Bruen<\/em> ruling upon \u200dits release,\u200b citing a series of mass shootings and emphasizing that the \u2062decision should \u200bconcern everyone. However, Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u2064 defense attorney,\u200d Abbe Lowell, refrained\u2064 from commenting \u200con the \u2064implications\u2064 of the <em>Bruen<\/em> \u200bruling in \u2062this particular\u2063 case.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u200d typically\u2064 support gun restrictions, while\u2063 Republicans tend to oppose\u200d them. Therefore,\u200d a challenge to a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/critics-blow-up-atf-over-report-your-ex-valentine-barack-obama-hunter-biden-hardest-hit\/\" title=\"Critics Blow Up ATF Over Report Your Ex Valentine \u2014 Barack Obama, Hunter Biden Hardest Hit\">federal firearms law<\/a> by the son of a Democratic\u2062 president would disrupt the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-expected-to-rely-on-2nd-amendment-ruling-his-dad-said-should-deeply-trouble-us-all\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden to rely on 2nd Amendment ruling, concerning his father.\">usual political dynamics surrounding gun control<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Winkler, a constitutional law professor at \u2063UCLA, remarked, &#8220;There\u2064 would be some irony if a case greatly expanding Second Amendment\u200d rights\u200d is titled <em>Biden<\/em> v. <em>United\u200c States<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing cases will determine\u2063 the extent\u200d to \u200dwhich the <em>Bruen<\/em> ruling allows \u200bcourts to invalidate gun laws. Andrew\u2062 Willinger,\u2064 executive director of Duke University&#8217;s Center for Firearms Law, stated, &#8220;The\u200d <em>Bruen<\/em> decision \u200bhas created a great deal of uncertainty in terms \u2063of \u2064which\u200b gun laws\u2063 are\u200b constitutional and which may\u200d not be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One U.S.\u2062 appeals court has already concluded that the \u200cdrug-related statute\u2063 relevant to Hunter Biden&#8217;s case may be unconstitutional in certain circumstances, based\u200c on\u200c the <em>Bruen<\/em> precedent. In a case involving a marijuana user, the \u200c5th\u200b U.S. Circuit Court of \u2064Appeals in New Orleans ruled in \u2064August that disarming a sober citizen solely due to past drug use lacks justification in\u200b U.S.\u200b history and tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden&#8217;s legal team may reference\u2064 this ruling \u200bfrom\u2062 the Fifth Circuit in their challenge against the drug-related possession \u200ccharge.<\/p>\n<p>While \u200dthe dismissal of \u200cthe possession\u200c charge remains \u2063uncertain, Hunter Biden \u2064still faces two\u200d counts of making false statements on the \u200bbackground \u200dcheck form. \u2064Experts suggest that these\u2062 counts may be more \u200cchallenging to dispute, as they resemble charges unrelated to firearms\u200d that criminalize lying to the U.S. government on significant matters.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on another gun regulation case in Texas on November 7. This case involves whether\u200b individuals under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-senators-reach-gun-control-agreement-that-focuses-on-9-points\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Senators Reach Gun Control Agreement That Focuses On 9 Points\">domestic violence restraining orders<\/a> can be prohibited from\u2062 possessing\u200b firearms. The court&#8217;s decision, expected\u2063 by the end of June, may clarify the level of danger a person must pose to be\u2063 barred \u2062from gun ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Ruben, \u200da law professor at Southern Methodist University, believes that\u200c the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling in the Texas case could\u200d have a significant impact on Hunter Biden&#8217;s situation.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward in Washington and \u2063Nate Raymond\u2062 in Boston; editing by Will Dunham and\u200d Scott \u200dMalone)<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the Supreme Court&#8217;s June 2022 ruling in the case of New York State Rifle &#038;\u2062 Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen potentially support Hunter Biden&#8217;s defense in his Second Amendment case?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Hunter Biden&#8217;s Legal Boost:\u2064 A\u2064 \u2063Second Amendment Case\u200d and the\u200b Supreme Court<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s son, Hunter Biden, may find an unexpected \u200dsource\u200d\u200d of support in a Second Amendment case recently decided by the conservative-majority U.S.\u2063 Supreme Court. The president himself expressed concern \u2062over the ruling, stating that \u2063it \u200bshould &#8220;deeply trouble us all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Hunter \u2064Biden, 53, is expected to plead not guilty\u200b in Delaware to charges of unlawfully \u200bpossessing a gun as\u200d an illegal\u200b drug user\u2064 and lying about his drug \u200cuse on a background\u200d check form when\u2062 he purchased a \u2063Colt Cobra\u200b revolver in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court&#8217;s June 2022 ruling in the case of New\u200d York State\u200b Rifle &#038; Pistol Association Inc. \u2063v. \u200d Bruen \u200c \u2062established a new standard for \u200devaluating \u2063the legality of government-imposed gun restrictions. The court declared that these restrictions must\u200c align \u2064with the U.S.\u200b &#8220;historical \u200dtradition of firearm regulation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The indictment\u2062 against \u200bHunter Biden was obtained in September by\u2062 Special Counsel \u200dDavid Weiss \u2063after\u200b a plea agreement\u200c between Hunter Biden and prosecutors \u2062\u200dfell \u2063through\u2064 in \u200bAugust. Abbe Lowell, \u200c\u200dBiden&#8217;s defense attorney, has hinted \u2064at \u2062challenging parts of \u2064the indictment based on the Bruen decision.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts anticipate that Hunter Biden, who has admitted \u2063to \u2062\u200cpast cocaine use, will \u200cargue \u200dfor the dismissal of \u200bthe possession charge \u200cby\u200c asserting that the federal\u2064 law prohibiting gun ownership for \u2063illegal\u2062 drug users lacks \u2062historical precedent \u200dand \u2063violates his Second Amendment \u200cright &#8220;to keep and bear arms&#8221; under the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe \u2064Biden \u200bcriticized the Bruen ruling upon \u2063\u200dits release,\u200b citing a series of mass shootings and emphasizing \u2064that the \u2062decision should \u200bconcern everyone. However,\u200b Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u2064 defense attorney,\u200d Abbe Lowell, refrained\u2064 \u2062from commenting \u200con\u200c the \u2064implications\u2064 of the Bruen \u200bruling in \u2062this particular\u2063 case.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u200d typically\u2064 support gun restrictions, while\u2063 Republicans tend to oppose\u200d\u200d them. Therefore,\u200d a challenge to a \u200bfederal\u200d firearms law by the son of a Democratic\u2062\u200c president would disrupt the usual political dynamics surrounding gun\u200d control.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Winkler, a constitutional law professor\u2064 at \u2063UCLA, remarked, &#8220;There\u2064 would be \u200dsome irony if a case greatly expanding \u2062Second Amendment\u200d rights\u200d is titled Biden v. United\u200c States.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden&#8217;s son, could receive legal support from an unexpected quarter: a Second Amendment case ruled by the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court. President Biden expressed concern over the decision, which may aid Hunter Biden, 53, as he faces charges of unlawfully possessing a firearm while being an illegal drug user. 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