{"id":2620169,"date":"2026-06-27T22:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ketanji-brown-jackson-really-worried-judges-might-actually-apply-second-amendment-in-gun-cases\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T22:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:29:38","slug":"ketanji-brown-jackson-really-worried-judges-might-actually-apply-second-amendment-in-gun-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ketanji-brown-jackson-really-worried-judges-might-actually-apply-second-amendment-in-gun-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketanji Brown Jackson Really Worried Judges Might Actually Apply Second Amendment In Gun Cases"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fketanji-brown-jackson-really-worried-judges-might-actually-apply-second-amendment-in-gun-cases%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=2620169&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--><p>The article discusses a dissenting opinion by Supreme court Associate justice Ketanji Brown Jackson regarding Second Amendment cases. In her dissent, Jackson criticizes the Court\u2019s decision in Wolford v. Lopez, which struck down a law requiring property owners to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-puts-stake-through-heart-of-new-yorks-anti-2nd-amendment-vampire-rule\/\" title=\"Appeals Court Puts Stake Through Heart of New York&#039;s Anti-2nd Amendment &#039;Vampire Rule&#039;\">post signs allowing concealed carry<\/a>, deeming it unconstitutional based on the Second and 14th Amendments. Jackson contends that the Court wrongly applied the standards established in the June 2022 Bruen decision, which she believes was wrongly decided itself. She argues that the Court\u2019s approach undermines legislatures&#8217; ability to balance gun rights with public safety, turning the judiciary into a barrier to gun regulation. The dissent highlights broader concerns about the Court\u2019s interpretation of gun laws and the implications for state regulations following the recent landmark ruling in Bruen.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson complained in a dissent released Thursday that the Supreme Court applying the Second Amendment involves throwing out unconstitutional gun laws.<\/p>\n<p>The high court decided in Wolford v. Lopez that the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >law requiring private property owners<\/a> who wished to allow concealed carry on the premises to clearly post signs that carrying guns was allowed was a violation of the Second and 14th Amendments. Jackson argued in her lengthy dissent in the 6-3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/25pdf\/24-1046_nmio.pdf\">opinion<\/a> written by Associate Justice Samuel Alito, that the Supreme Court got it wrong in its June 2022 Bruen decision, as she did in a concurrence in Hemani v. United States released June 18.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Bruen was wrongly decided. But if it is going to be our precedent, the majority should at least endeavor to apply it faithfully,\u201d Jackson wrote in the dissent joined by Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. \u201cI respectfully dissent because the majority has failed to do so here, and its analysis and conclusion only further bind the hands of modern legislatures attempting to balance and protect their residents\u2019 interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThis regime hobbles what the Second Amendment protects: the right of Americans to carry arms for self-defense as they go about their daily lives. We hold that the law is unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A thread on Wolford v. Lopez. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MJwEhuqwvR\">https:\/\/t.co\/MJwEhuqwvR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SAF (@2AFDN) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/2AFDN\/status\/2070153832785731605?\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWith this decision, the Court has now manipulated Bruen into a free-for-all that lets the Judiciary thwart the will of legislatures by privileging access to firearms above all else,\u201d Jackson continued. \u201cToday\u2019s decision makes one thing clear: The Court\u2019s objective is protecting guns, not consistently preserving any principle of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court declared\u00a0New York\u2019s \u201cgood cause\u201d requirement for pistol permits was a violation of the Second Amendment in the June 2022 Bruen decision. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, who authored the court\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/20-843_7j80.pdf\">opinion<\/a> in the case, established a \u201ctext and history\u201d standard for Second Amendment challenges, requiring the government to demonstrate that the law in question is consistent with the nation\u2019s historical tradition of firearm regulation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHawaii chose to protect the unaware property owner while leaving open to gun owners the opportunity to carry firearms where consent has been provided,\u201d Jackson claimed. \u201cNotably, in making this choice, Hawaii was not alone. It joined four other States that had similar laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the Supreme Court struck down New York\u2019s discretionary system for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-gun-law-starts-in-new-york\/\" title=\"New gun ... starts in New York\">issuing concealed carry permits<\/a>, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, California and New Jersey enacted laws that imposed extensive restrictions on where permit holders could carry. Gun-rights advocates dubbed the measures as \u201cvampire laws,\u201d referencing legends about the need to invite a vampire into a home or room.<\/p>\n<p>Federal appellate courts split on the validity of the statutes, with the laws in Hawaii and Maryland being upheld by the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Fourth Circuits, while the Second Circuit declared New York\u2019s version unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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