Published July 21, 2026 at 5:37 PM ET · Updated July 21, 2026 at 8:24 PM ET
Judge urges the Supreme Court to rebuke the 9th Circuit over gun rulings
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A judge is urging the Supreme Court to rebuke the 9th Circuit over its gun rulings.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
Under Bruen, when the Second Amendment's text covers conduct, the government must justify any restriction by showing consistency with the Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation, not by means-end policy balancing. A judge urging the Court to correct the Ninth Circuit is invoking that standard: if the appeals court substituted balancing for history, the Court can enforce the framework it set.
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Kevin P. Bruen, Superintendent of New York State Police 597 U.S. 1 (2022)
Vote: 6-3 · Opinion: Thomas
New York's requirement that applicants demonstrate 'proper cause' — a special need for self-protection distinguishable from the general community — to obtain an unrestricted public-carry license violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public. The Court held the Second Amendment protects a right to carry handguns publicly for self-defense, and rejected the two-step means-end framework lower courts had applied after Heller.
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