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Supreme Court Justices Weigh Constitutionality of Disarming Domestic Abusers

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Many Americans would classify Texas resident Zackey Rahimi, the man at the center of the case, as a dangerous person. In Bruen , the Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that New York State’s Sullivan Act, passed in 1911—which required anyone applying for a pistol concealed carry license to show “proper cause”—was unconstitutional.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The California federal court said the substantive legal issues in the District of Wyoming case were distinct from the procedural issues at issue in this action. A few days after the California court issued its order, North Dakota and Texas asked the Wyoming federal court to lift a stay that the court had imposed in December 2017.

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