Summary
The US Supreme Court will review a law that stops illegal drug users from owning guns, following a request from the Trump administration. This review comes after a Texas court ruled in favor of a man who argued the law violated his constitutional right to own a firearm. The administration wants the law upheld to prevent potentially dangerous individuals from having guns.
Key Facts
- The US Supreme Court will examine if a law banning illegal drug users from owning guns is constitutional.
- The Trump administration requested the Supreme Court review after a lower court in Texas sided with a man charged under this law.
- The man, Ali Hemani, was charged after authorities found a gun in his home and alleged he regularly used marijuana.
- Hemani's legal team argued the law violated his constitutional right to own firearms.
- The administration argues the law is necessary to prevent unique dangers that drug users with guns could pose.
- Hunter Biden was previously convicted under the same law and later pardoned by his father.
- The US Supreme Court has a conservative majority, which has mostly supported gun rights, but with some exceptions.
- Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, despite some states legalizing or decriminalizing it.
