No Ruling From SCOTUS Today On Trump’s Immunity, Court Rules 8-1 Against Guns For Domestic Abusers

NBC News has today’s biggest ruling:

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that prohibits people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from having firearms, taking a step back from its recent endorsement of a broad right to possess a gun.

The court ruled in favor of the Biden administration, which was defending the law — one of several federal gun restrictions currently facing legal challenges.

The ruling indicates that some longstanding gun laws are likely to survive despite the court’s 2022 decision that expanded gun rights by finding for the first time that there is a right to bear arms outside the home under the Constitution’s Second Amendment.

Read the full article.

No immunity or obstruction decisions from Supreme Court today. Next week it is.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 21, 2024

BREAKING: By an 8–1 vote, the court upholds a federal statute that temporarily disarms individuals subjected to a domestic violence restraining order. Justice Thomas is the only dissenter. https://t.co/eN9kcwLgn5

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 21, 2024