The Supreme Court could decide multiple Second Amendment cases as appeals accelerated since it decided two cases about gun rights in June.
The Supreme Court could decide multiple Second Amendment cases as appeals accelerated since it decided two cases about gun rights in June.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Viramontes v. Cook County on June 30, and announced Friday the hearing would occur on Dec.2, taking up a Second Amendment challenge to a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms passed by the Illinois locality days after issuing rulings on two Second Amendment cases. The high court, though, received four petitions asking it to hear cases since the end of July, while it has considered taking up one case for a record number of conferences.
The Supreme Court considered taking up Duncan v. Bonta, a challenge to California’s ban on magazines holding more than ten rounds, for 23 conferences, a record, and will likely be debated when the justices have their first conference of the upcoming term on Sept. 28. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled New Jersey’s similar magazine ban unconstitutional in an “en banc” (heard by all judges on the court) decision in Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. v. Attorney General of New Jersey that struck down the state’s ban on modern semiautomatic firearms.
By Harold Hutchinson
