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mjsdc.bsky.social Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 2
NEW: The Supreme Court declines to review the constitutionality of state laws that ban assault weapons. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would take up the case. Kavanaugh says the laws are likely unconstitutional but the issue needs to percolate further. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DAVID SNOPE, ET AL. v. ANTHONY G. BROWN, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, ET AL. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 24–203. Decided June 2, 2025 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE ALITO and JUSTICE GORSUCH would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Statement of JUSTICE KAVANAUGH respecting the denial of certiorari. In District of Columbia v. Heller, this Court ruled that the Second Amendment must be interpreted in light of constitutional text, history, and tradition. 554 U. S. 570, 576–628 (2008). The Court further determined that the Second Amendment protects those weapons that are in “common use” by law-abiding citizens. Id., at 624, 627. Because handguns are in common use by law-abiding citizens, the Court held that the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns violated the Second Amendment. Id., at 628– 629. The Court’s later Second Amendment decisions in Bruen and Rahimi did not disturb the historically based “common use” test with respect to the possession of particular weapons. See New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U. S. 1, 47 (2022); see also United States v. Rahimi, 602 U. S. 680, 735–736 (2024) (KAVANAUGH, J., concurring); post, at 1–6 (THOMAS, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari). This case primarily concerns Maryland’s ban on the AR–15, a semi-automatic rifle. Americans today possess an estimated 20 to 30 million AR–15s. And AR–15s are legal in 41 of the 50 States, meaning that the States such as JUSTICE THOMAS, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. The State of Maryland prohibits ownership of AR–15s, the most popular civilian rifle in America. Md. Crim. Law Code Ann. §4–303(a)(2) (2025). This petition presents the question whether this ban is consistent with the Second Amendment. The Fourth Circuit held that it is, reasoning that AR–15s are not “arms” protected by the Second Amendment. Bianchi v. Brown, 111 F. 4th 438, 448 (2024) (en banc). I would grant certiorari to review this surprising conclusion.
June 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Yet another act of literal injustice from the White House. To my friends and former colleagues who worked the case, keep your head up, you did your job and did it well. The commonwealth thanks you.
macfarlanenews.bsky.social Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · May 26
ALERT: Trump pardons former Culpeper County, Va sheriff Scott Jenkins

Jenkins was scandal-plagued for years and was convicted by rural Virginia jury of taking bribes in exchange for deputizing people w/ badges & credentials

Bribe payors were not trained or vetted & didn’t render legit services
May 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM