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New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), abbreviated NYSRPA v. Bruen and also known as NYSRPA II or Bruen to distinguish it from the 2020 case, is a landmark decision [1] [2] [3] of the United States Supreme Court related to the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The Court issued its decision on June 29, 2021. The 5–4 decision reversed the Third Circuit's ruling and remanded the case for further review. [2] [3] The majority opinion was written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, and Brett Kavanaugh. Roberts stated on the matter of ...
The FCC petitioned to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling from Prometheus IV in April 2020 with the support of the United States Department of Justice. [6] The Supreme Court granted the petition in October 2020, consolidated it with a challenge from the National Association of Broadcasters, with oral arguments heard on January 19, 2021. [7]
The Court ruled in a 7–2 decision in 2021 that the government does not have to disclose "draft biological opinions" involving potential threats to endangered species, even though the drafts reflect an agency's final proposal. [1] The ruling limits environmental groups' ability to obtain government documents using the FOIA. [2]
The Supreme Court granted certiorari on July 2, 2021, and held oral arguments on December 8, 2021. [10] The state argued that its program provides school vouchers for private schools with "substantially the same education provided in the public schools", and it could choose not to fund those that have a significant religious teaching component ...
A split Kansas Supreme Court ruling last week issued in a lawsuit over a 2021 election law found that voting is not a fundamental right listed in the state Constitution's Bill of Rights. The ...
Just two years ago, the Ohio Supreme Court gave judges like me some startling news: public safety had died. Its obituary was announced in a narrow Supreme Court opinion that prohibited judges from ...
Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson, 595 U.S. 30 (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case brought by Texas abortion providers and abortion rights advocates that challenged the constitutionality of the Texas Heartbeat Act, a law that outlaws abortions after six weeks. [1]