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The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve a gun law that protects domestic violence victims

Headline from KVIA El Paso

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. In their first guns case since last year’s expansion of gun rights, the justices suggested that they…

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  1. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Why one survivor of domestic violence wants the Supreme Court to uphold a gun control law | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Why one survivor of domestic violence wants the Supreme Court to uphold a gun control law

  2. Portland Press Herald

    Why this survivor of domestic violence wants the Supreme Court to uphold a gun control law (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to a 1994 law prohibiting people facing domestic violence restraining orders from having guns.

  3. CBS News

    Supreme Court to hear arguments in gun case over 1994 law protecting domestic violence victims (opens CBS News)

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    The case before the Supreme Court involves a gun law enacted by Congress nearly 30 years ago that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having firearms.

  4. The Conversation US

    Supreme Court justices consider whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Conversation US's feed description

    An important tool in the fight against domestic violence is under scrutiny in a major US Supreme Court case.

  5. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Supreme Court to hear case on whether accused domestic abusers can own guns (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    The justices on Tuesday are taking up a challenge to a federal law that prohibits people from having guns if they are under a court order to stay away from their spouse, partner or other family members.

  6. Triblive

    Supreme Court hears arguments in case over gun law that protects domestic violence victims (opens Triblive)

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    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to a federal law that prohibits people from having guns if they are under a court order to stay away from their spouse, partner or other family members. The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday in their first case about guns

  7. ABC 7 Chicago

    Supreme Court reviews federal ban on guns for domestic abusers (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments over a 30-year-old federal ban on firearms for people under domestic violence restraining orders.

  8. CBS News

    Supreme Court wary of striking down 1994 law protecting domestic violence victims in high-stakes gun case (opens CBS News)

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    The case before the Supreme Court involves a gun law enacted by Congress nearly 30 years ago that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having firearms.

  9. The Guardian

    Supreme court leans towards upholding US gun ban for domestic abusers (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Justices appear to be against further unravelling of gun laws as DoJ makes passionate call for preservation of 1994 firearms ban

  10. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Should domestic abusers have access to guns? The Supreme Court will decided (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to a federal law that prohibits people from having guns if they are under a court order to stay away from their spouse, partner or other family members

  11. NPR

    High Court seems likely to uphold law banning guns for accused domestic abusers (opens NPR)

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    If so, the decision would be a small retreat from the court's sweeping decision on gun rights last year.

  12. Wyoming Tribune Eagle

    Why one survivor of domestic violence wants the Supreme Court to uphold a gun control law (opens Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

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    Wyoming Tribune Eagle's feed description

    The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to a 1994 law prohibiting people facing domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. Tuesday’s case is the first involving guns

  13. MyNorthwest

    The Supreme Court takes up a case that again tests the limits of gun rights (opens MyNorthwest)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge to a federal law that prohibits people from having guns if they are under a court order to

  14. NPR

    Supreme Court to decide if gun bans for domestic abusers are constitutional (opens NPR)

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    If the federal law falls, so would similar laws in most states, and other important gun laws.

  15. The Conversation US

    Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Conversation US's feed description

    An important tool in the fight against domestic violence is under scrutiny in a major US Supreme Court case.

  16. Fox2 Detroit

    Supreme Court seems likely to preserve gun law that protects domestic violence victims (opens Fox2 Detroit)

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    Liberal and conservative justices sounded persuaded by arguments from the Biden administration's top Supreme Court lawyer that the prohibition is in line with the longstanding practice of disarming dangerous people.

  17. NBC News

    Supreme Court hears major gun case on right of accused domestic abusers to possess firearms (opens NBC News)

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

  18. KVIA El Paso

    The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve a gun law that protects domestic violence victims (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. In their first guns case since last year’s expansion of gun rights, the justices suggested that they…

  19. UPI

    Supreme Court mulls law that keeps guns away from domestic abusers (opens UPI)

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    Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from abusers? That's the question in one of the biggest cases before the Supreme Court.

  20. The Daily Caller

    Supreme Court Weighs Domestic Violence Gun Restrictions In Case That Could Have Huge Impact On Second Amendment Law (opens The Daily Caller)

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    SCOTUS considered Tuesday whether a law barring subjects of domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment.

  21. New York Times

    Supreme Court Hears a Major Case on Gun Rights and Domestic Violence (opens New York Times)

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    The court, whose gun rights decision last year set a new historical legal standard, will consider whether the government may disarm people subject to restraining orders for domestic abuse.

  22. Wall Street Journal

    A Skeptical Supreme Court Considers Whether Domestic Abusers Have Gun Rights (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    The case tests the scope of a 2022 precedent that ties gun restrictions to 18th-century history.

  23. Arizona Mirror

    U.S. Supreme Court considers case dealing with gun rights and domestic violence (opens Arizona Mirror)

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    U.S. Supreme Court justices during Tuesday’s oral arguments seemed to lean toward upholding a federal law that prevents the possession of firearms by a person who is subject to a domestic violence protective order

  24. Anchorage Daily News

    Supreme Court seems likely to preserve gun law aimed at protecting domestic violence victims (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The justices on Tuesday suggested they will reverse a ruling from an appeals court in New Orleans that struck down the 1994 ban on firearms for people under court order to stay away from their spouses or partners.

  25. UPI

    Supreme Court leans toward allowing gun bans for domestic violence abusers (opens UPI)

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    The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday for United States vs. Rahimi, a case that will decide whether individuals placed under domestic violence protection orders have the right to possess firearms.

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