The 3rd Circuit ruled that the U.S. government cannot ban people convicted of non-violent crimes from possessing guns, marking the latest defeat for gun control laws in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year expanding gun rights nationwide.
The decision stems from a 2020 lawsuit by a Pennsylvania man, Bryan Range, who was barred under federal law from possessing a gun after pleading guilty to welfare fraud in 1995. He claimed the prohibition violated his right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Read more.
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Descendants of Serranus Hastings suing over the name change of the former University of California Hastings College of the Law cleared a hurdle on Monday when a California appeals court tossed a bid brought by school officials who tried to block the lawsuit.
State lawmakers passed a bill in 2022 to change the name at the request of the law school after officials spent years weighing the legacy its namesake. Historians have said the former California Supreme Court justice orchestrated killings of Native Americans in order to remove them from ranch land he purchased. The appellate court ruling clears the way for the case to proceed at the trial level. Read more.
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