By judging today’s gun laws against what prevailed in the age of muskets, the conservative justices have left lower courts and legislatures without any guidance.
United States v. Rahimi
The Supreme Court Keeps Misfiring on Guns
The Supreme Court Keeps Misfiring on Guns. In its Rahimi opinion, the Court listened to our brief as historians and upheld restrictions on domestic abusers. But it was only a tiny victory because, when it comes to firearms, the justices continue to legislate from the bench.
It’s Clarence Thomas’s Court—and Lower Courts Are Saluting Him
Inside the ruling in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals striking down a gun ban for those who have committed domestic violence.

