Court sides with challenger to law banning drug users from possessing guns (opens in new tab)

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in United States v\. Hemani that the federal government cannot prosecute a Texas man on charges that he violated a federal law barring users of illegal drugs from having a gun\. In an opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch , the justices agreed with Ali Danial Hemani that, at least as when it is applied to him, the law violates the Second Amendment\. Writing for the court, Gorsuch emphasized that the government was seeking to “automatically strip Mr\. Hemani of hi...