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5th Annual Women In Law Leadership Lecture, Roger Williams University School Of Law
5th Annual Women In Law Leadership Lecture, Roger Williams University School Of Law
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Reconciling Domestic Violence Protections And The Second Amendment, Natalie Nanasi
Reconciling Domestic Violence Protections And The Second Amendment, Natalie Nanasi
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In March of 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that individuals subject to domestic violence protective orders could not be required to give up their guns. The decision was the first of a federal court to overturn a firearm regulation pursuant to New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, a 2022 Supreme Court opinion that created a new standard for determining the constitutionality of gun restrictions. After Bruen, only laws that are “consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation” pass constitutional muster.
The Fifth’s Circuit decision in U.S. v. Rahimi, which …