Supreme Court rules for marijuana user charged under same gun law as Hunter Biden
NBC News reports:
Brief excerpt:
“ “The Supreme Court on Thursday barred the government from restricting the gun rights of casual drug users in a case involving a Texas man who occasionally consumed marijuana.
On a 9-0 vote, the court concluded that the government’s invocation of the law fell afoul of the Constitution's Second Amendment when it was used against Ali Danial Hemani.
The law makes it a crime for any person who is “an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” to possess a firearm. It is the same statute that Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, was convicted under in June 2024 before his father pardoned him.
Federal prosecutors brought the charges against Hemani after the FBI found a handgun during a search of his home in 2022. The ruling authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch does not invalidate the law across the board, but it makes it harder for prosecutors to invoke it, especially as it relates to casual drug users.”
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“Supreme Court rules for marijuana user charged under same gun law as Hunter Biden”
Lawrence Hurley
NBC News
https://apple.news/AJVEVrEVgSeubulQcFBx7Qg
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Brief excerpt:
“ “The Supreme Court on Thursday barred the government from restricting the gun rights of casual drug users in a case involving a Texas man who occasionally consumed marijuana.
On a 9-0 vote, the court concluded that the government’s invocation of the law fell afoul of the Constitution's Second Amendment when it was used against Ali Danial Hemani.
The law makes it a crime for any person who is “an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” to possess a firearm. It is the same statute that Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, was convicted under in June 2024 before his father pardoned him.
Federal prosecutors brought the charges against Hemani after the FBI found a handgun during a search of his home in 2022. The ruling authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch does not invalidate the law across the board, but it makes it harder for prosecutors to invoke it, especially as it relates to casual drug users.”
Excerpt From
“Supreme Court rules for marijuana user charged under same gun law as Hunter Biden”
Lawrence Hurley
NBC News
https://apple.news/AJVEVrEVgSeubulQcFBx7Qg
This material may be protected by copyright.
