Supreme Court rules drug users can legally possess firearms, striking down portions of 1986 federal ban
According to Scripps News, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld lower court rulings that struck down portions of the 1986 Firearms Owners' Protection Act, which had prohibited people who unlawfully use drugs from possessing firearms. The case centered on Ali Danial Hemani, who admitted to regular marijuana and cocaine use and was charged under the federal ban. Scripps News reports the justices rejected the Trump administration's appeal to reinstate the ban, leaving the lower courts' constitutional findings in place.
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- ✓Supreme Court ruled unanimously that unlawful drug users can legally possess firearms. (Scripps News, 63 MSM articles)
- ✓The ruling struck down portions of the 1986 Firearms Owners' Protection Act. (Scripps News, 63 MSM articles)
- ✓The case involved Ali Danial Hemani, who admitted to regularly using marijuana and cocaine. (Scripps News, 63 MSM articles)
- ✓Hemani was charged under the Firearms Owners' Protection Act. (Scripps News, 63 MSM articles)
- ✓Lower courts found the law unconstitutional. (Scripps News, 63 MSM articles)
- ✓The Trump administration appealed, and the justices rejected that appeal. (Scripps News, 63 MSM articles)
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