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In questioning New York’s solicitor general, Samuel Alito revealed he already takes the core question at issue in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen as an established premise. ral arguments have begun in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, possibly the most pivotal gun-rights case to reach the high court

“For there to be a murder conviction in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, two things have to happen: Jurors must feel intimidated into rendering a guilty verdict and prosecutors must convince those jurors of a version of events that directly contradicts eye-witness testimony and what is plainly seen on video.” For there to be a

“The public needs to be confident that this is a fair trial,..” Saying that the “appearance of bias is present,” the judge overseeing the intentional homicide trial of Kenosha, Wis. shooter Kyle Rittenhouse on Thursday morning dismissed a juror who made an inappropriate joke about the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Judge Bruce Schroeder talked with prosecutors and defense attorneys

Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense attorneys say they only learned of the video’s existence recently. For more than a year, prosecutors in the Kyle Rittenhouse case have possessed FBI spy video footage taken by a fixed wing plane flying above the Kenosha riots. Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense attorneys say they only learned of its existence recently. On Tuesday,

When Jefferson was drafting a proposed constitution for his home state of Virginia in June 1776, he suggested a clause that read “No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” In the second draft, he added in brackets, “[within his own lands or tenements].” The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today on a clear

The law, which imposes strict limits on carrying guns in public, faced a skeptical reception from the Supreme Court on Wednesday. WASHINGTON — A New York law that imposes strict limits on carrying guns outside the home seemed unlikely to survive its encounter with the Supreme Court, based on questioning from the justices on Wednesday. The law

The judge overseeing the intentional homicide trial of Kenosha, Wisconsin shooter Kyle Rittenhouse unloaded on CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin while arguing a point of evidence with prosecutors and defense attorneys Wednesday afternoon. But the judge railed against a word used by a different CNN analyst other than Toobin who appeared to be discussing a separate legal issue

SCOTUS argument analysis. This article was updated at 5:15 p.m. ET Nov 3. When Wednesday’s oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen drew to a close after roughly two hours of debate, it seemed likely that New York’s 108-year-old handgun-licensing law is in jeopardy. But the justices’ eventual ruling might be a

“The justices seem inclined to find that the right to keep and bear arms extends to carrying them outside the home.” The Supreme Court appears inclined to wipe out a series of gun control measures that require firearm owners to show a particular, unusual need to get a permit to carry a gun outside the

“All these people with illegal guns: They’re on the subway, walking around the streets, but ordinary, hard-working, law-abiding people, no,” Alito told the Empire State’s solicitor general Barbara Underwood. “They can’t be armed.” Hearing oral arguments in a major Second Amendment case on Wednesday, Supreme Court justices considered whether to dramatically loosen gun control restrictions across the