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SCOTUS Shields Cop, Skips Rifles

admin · 2026-04-07T00:52:16.642Z

Quiet week at the Court — but not necessarily a good one if you've been watching those assault weapons petitions bounce around conference after conference. "No action isn't a ruling. A cert denial doesn't mean the Court agrees with the lower courts. It means four justices couldn't agree the case was the right vehicle." That distinction matters more than most people realize. Every time someone sees "SCOTUS declines AR-15 ban case" and assumes the bans are safe or that the Court is signaling ...

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SCOTUS Shields Cop, Skips Rifles

The Supreme Court reversed the 2nd Circuit on qualified immunity Monday, protecting a Vermont detective from a civil lawsuit. More quietly, it passed again on challenges to state assault weapons bans — with no explanation. The gun cases aren't dead, just waiting.

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