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Firearm case law in the United States is based on decisions of the Supreme Court and other federal courts.Each of these decisions deals with the Second Amendment (which is a part of the Bill of Rights), the right to keep and bear arms, the Commerce Clause, the General Welfare Clause, and/or other federal firearms laws.
7th Circuit Courts of Illinois intervened after U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled on November 8th that the gun ban violated the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and that it could ...
The court must weigh the law against the plain text of the second amendment and whether there are any historical comparison laws to the FOID card for whether it can withstand scrutiny.
The Supreme Court avoided taking up a series of cases on the right to bear arms and left in place an Illinois law that bans assault-style weapons such as the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, which has ...
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the 94th United States Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, [1] including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals.
Senate agreed to House amendment on June 7, 2016 (Agreed voice vote) Signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 22, 2016 The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act is a law passed by the 114th United States Congress and signed into law by US President Barack Obama in 2016.
The Supreme Court held that the RCRA does not authorize a citizen suit to recover past cleanup costs when the toxic waste does not, at the time of suit, continue to pose an endangerment to health or the environment. [36] Southern Union Co. v. United States, 567 U.S. 343 (2012). The Supreme Court held that any fact, other than a prior conviction ...
The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the state's ban on the sale or possession of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally. In a 4-3 decision Friday, the ...