The case will test how far the court’s conservative majority is willing to go in interpreting the scope of its 2022 ruling that expanded gun rights outside the home.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated it would uphold a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms, potentially limiting the scope of its own major gun rights ruling from last year.

The case gives the court’s 6-3 conservative majority a chance to consider the broad ramifications of the 2022 decision, which for the first time found that there is a right to bear arms outside the home under the Constitution’s Second Amendment.

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    1 year ago

    Isn’t this title inaccurate? It’s about restraining orders, not accusations. Support though!

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      1 year ago

      I believe judges can issue temporary restraining orders against people not yet convicted of domestic violence, and that’s what they mean by “accused”, just that it hasn’t been proven in court and gotten a guilty verdict.