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Thursday, November 23, 2023

“Courts Strike Down Gun Control Measures in Two States; The rulings in Maryland and Oregon come amid a shifting legal landscape in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that has imposed new limits on gun regulation”: David W. Chen of The New York Times has this report.

Erin Cox and Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post report that “Federal judges overturn Maryland handgun licensing law; Under new legal test, decade-old law requiring fingerprinting, training and up to 30-day wait for handgun license is found to violate Second Amendment.”

Dylan Segelbaum and Pamela Wood of The Baltimore Banner report that “Appeals court strikes down Maryland’s gun license law; Gov. Moore vows to fight for measure; ‘Today’s decision is crazy,’ Senate President Bill Ferguson, a Baltimore Democrat, said in a statement.”

And Bryan P. Sears of Maryland Matters reports that “Federal appeals court finds Maryland handgun qualification law unconstitutional.”

You can access Tuesday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“When Supreme Court Pros Came Calling, Client Stuck With Local Lawyer; ‘I think there’s something romantic about the idea that a small-town lawyer could argue their way all the way up to the Supreme Court,’ James Freed said of his attorney, Victoria Ferres”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman