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Fri May 10, 2024, 01:26 PM May 10

All-Republican [9th Circuit] panel invalidates federal felon firearms ban as applied to the nonviolent offender

Mike Sacks
@MikeSacksEsq

All-Republican CA9 panel invalidates federal felon firearms ban as applied to the nonviolent offender challenging his conviction.

2-1 decision. GWB/Trump in majority, GWB in dissent.
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2024/05/09/22-50048.pdf

Circuit split over the federal felon firearm ban's constitutionality post-Bruen:

CA9 panel & CA3 en banc invalidated the ban as applied to those convicted of nonviolent felonies, while CA8, [CA10] and CA11 upheld the ban.









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