Constitutional Law
Supreme Court narrows gun law for marijuana users
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The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that federal prosecutors violated the Second Amendment by charging a Texas man with illegal firearm possession for using marijuana. The decision in United States v. Hemani limits the reach of a 1968 law banning gun ownership by unlawful drug users. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion, stressing its narrow scope.
Former Constitutional Court judge Ferdinand Kirchhof examines differences in the stability of democratic systems between the US and Germany. An article outlines a hypothetical scenario where a government turns Germany into an autocracy, persecutes 'illegal' people, and subjugates courts and media. Kirchhof explains where a Donald Trump-like figure would encounter limits and where the liberal order remains vulnerable.
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One day after bystander video contradicted federal claims in the January 24 fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti during an ICE operation in Minneapolis, unlikely allies from left and right—including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene—condemned the Trump administration's defense, accusing it of hypocrisy on Second Amendment rights amid the ongoing immigration crackdown.