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From AR 15 Bans to Parental Rights, Five Supreme Court Cases to Watch
The Daily Signal, Approved, National

From AR 15 Bans to Parental Rights, Five Supreme Court Cases to Watch

By Fred Lucas | The Daily Signal The Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall in cases involving the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, parental rights, and election integrity. Here are five key cases to watch. 1. Another Test for the Second Amendment On Dec. 2, justices will consider whether state and local governments can ban semiautomatic rifles such as the AR-15 in cases out of Cook County, Illinois, and Connecticut. In Viramontes v. Cook County, the plaintiff, Cutberto Viramontes, sued in 2021 over the county’s ban on AR-15 rifles and similar semiautomatic rifles. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the law, ruling that Supreme Court precedent would allow regulation of certain weapons and citing the Heller and Bruen rulin...
Federal Judge Pauses Boulder County Gun Ban Case Pending Supreme Court Ruling
Colorado Politics, Approved, State

Federal Judge Pauses Boulder County Gun Ban Case Pending Supreme Court Ruling

By Michael Karlik | Colorado Politics A federal judge agreed on Friday that she would await the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in an upcoming Second Amendment case before she addresses the constitutionality of similar gun ordinances in multiple Boulder County jurisdictions. Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, the National Association for Gun Rights, and several individual Coloradans filed suit in 2022 over local firearms ordinances that generally prohibited the sale, transfer, and possession of large-capacity magazines and semi-automatic guns deemed “assault weapons,” with some variation. As defendants, they named the town of Superior, the cities of Louisville and Boulder, and Boulder County. In July 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang clarified which claims could ...
DOJ Predicts Supreme Court Will Protect AR 15 Ownership Nationwide
Just The News, Approved, National

DOJ Predicts Supreme Court Will Protect AR 15 Ownership Nationwide

By John Solomon | Just the News "I think there is going to be a ruling eventually from the Supreme Court that AR-15s are legal for all law-abiding citizens to own and operate," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tells Just the News. The Justice Department's top civil rights lawyer believes the Trump administration's lawsuit this week against the city of Denver's gun ban will one day soon lead to a Supreme Court decision legalizing the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle – revered by gun owners and reviled by liberals – in every jurisdiction in America. "We intend to make sure they do that," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in an interview set to be aired Wednesday night on the Just the News, No Noise television show. Dhillon spoke just h...