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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 leaves in place Maryland’s ban on assault-style rifles
The Supreme Court declined to take up a pair of gun rights cases, one in Maryland and the other in Rhode Island.
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 ...
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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Supreme Court blocks Mexico's lawsuit against US gun makers over cartel violence
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in favor of U.S. gun manufacturers and blocked a liability lawsuit brought by ...