…The opinion is the latest in a series of #firearm cases to reach #SCOTUS since a landmark ruling expanding gun rights in 2022 led to a wave of challenges around the country.

Since then, the high court has upheld a law aimed at protecting victims of #DomesticViolence & strict regulations on #GhostGun kits but has struck down a ban on #BumpStocks, an accessory that enables rapid fire. The justices considered two firearm cases this term alone.

#law #guns

#SCOTUS sides with a Texas man who says it’s not a crime for marijuana users to have #guns

The justices, in a unanimous decision, sided with Ali Danial Hemani, who argued that a law barring guns from anyone who uses drugs illegally violates the Second Amendment. Hemani wasn’t charged with any other crimes or accused of using the weapon under the influence.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-guns-drugs-marijuana-texas-a60ce6df9e735c6bc7def285ca396784

Reminder, they don’t *have to* take the appeal. If they had declined to do so, the lower court’s ruling would be *the* ruling.

#SCOTUS to hear #Trump appeal involving lengthy #detention of “certain” #immigrants

#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.reuters.com/world/supreme-court-hear-trump-appeal-involving-lengthy-detention-certain-immigrants-2026-06-15/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

“It prevents, in effect, governmental actors from detaining, imprisoning or executing individuals arbitrarily,” Scharf wrote.
… #SCOTUS had allowed the admin to continue its use of the #AlienEnemiesAct as the basis for deporting Venezuelans in the #US illegally. But also ruled that the migrants were entitled to challenge their #deportations in court before being expelled. The detainees, the court held, could file lawsuits citing #HabeasCorpus to challenge the basis for their removal…

#Trump #law

He had helped develop the #Trump team’s legal arguments behind the successful effort to get the Mar-a-Lago #ClassifiedDocuments indictment thrown out, as well as the arguments behind the presidential #immunity case that prevailed at #SCOTUS. He had embraced the most contentious elements of Trump’s agenda, but was quickly coming up against the limit of what the #Constitution, in his reading, could be made to bear.

#HabeasCorpus #law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutivePower #democracy

Thank goodness.

#SCOTUS Blocks #Alabama From Executing Inmate Using #NitrogenGas

The unsigned decision for now spares Jeffery Lee, a convicted murderer, & could lead to a broader fight over the relatively new execution method.

#law #JudicialOverride #DeathPenalty #ObsoleteLaw
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/supreme-court-blocks-alabama-nitrogen-execution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share