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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Maryland's assault weapons ban
In declining to take up the case, the Supreme Court leaves intact a lower court decision upholding Maryland's ban on certain ...
Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to Ban on Semiautomatic Rifles
The case from Maryland was the court’s latest opportunity to apply its recently announced history-based test for assessing ...
Clarence Thomas blasts Supreme Court for punting on legality of AR-15 ban
The Supreme Court declined to hear a case to overturn a 2013 Maryland law that outlawed various semiautomatic guns, calling ...
Supreme Court allows AR-15 ban in this state
The Supreme Court turned away an appeal by a group of gun-rights advocates seeking to overturn Maryland's ban on AR-15 ...
Get ready for a flurry of activity from the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is entering its busiest period for deciding important cases. Opinions could drop soon on birthright ...
NRA asks Supreme Court to bolster protections for AR-style rifles
The NRA is asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on whether some types of firearms aren't covered by the Second Amendment.
100 years ago, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling on parents’ rights in education – today, another case raises new questions
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How the Supreme Court could still reshape religious liberty with decisions in two cases
The court deadlocked in a case that would have created the first religious charter school, but two other significant religion ...