Supreme Court narrows federal gun ban for marijuana users in unanimous ruling, citing 2nd Amendment history

USA Today—The Supreme Court sided with Texas man Ali Hemani and ruled that the federal law barring marijuana users from owning firearms is too broad as applied, narrowing the statute that had also nearly sent Hunter Biden to prison. The ruling did not fully strike down the law but limited its scope by applying a historical 2nd Amendment analysis, with Justice Gorsuch noting the government had compared drug users to 'habitual drunkards.' The decision produced unusual ideological coalitions among the justices. The same statute underpinned the Biden gun case.

• USA Today — Supreme Court loosens law barring marijuana users from owning guns - USA Today
• HuffPost — Supreme Court Sides With Texas Man Who Says It’s Not A Crime For Marijuana Users To Have Guns - HuffPost
• PBS NewsHour — Supreme Court sides with Texas marijuana user who says it's not a crime to have a gun - PBS
• HuffPost — US News — Supreme Court Sides With Texas Man Who Says It’s Not A Crime For Marijuana Users To Have Guns
• The New Republic — Gorsuch: government had likened marijuana users to 'habitual drunkards' under the challenged law.
• Memeorandum — Supreme Court rules for marijuana user prosecuted for gun possession (Zach Schonfeld/NewsNation)
• Associated Press — Court sided with Texas man Ali Hemani, who argued marijuana users can legally possess guns.
• Straight Arrow News — Same statute narrowed by the ruling nearly sent Hunter Biden to prison.
• Talking Points Memo — Ruling split the justices into odd ideological coalitions across the usual partisan lines.
• Financial Times — Supreme Court narrows law barring drug users from owning firearms
• The Nation — Supreme Court agrees to weigh protections for drug users
• Reuters — Supreme Court limits — but does not eliminate — the ban on gun ownership for marijuana users.