Newsletter: How SCOTUS Reacted to Hawaii’s ‘Vampire Rule’

Newsletter: How SCOTUS Reacted to Hawaii’s ‘Vampire Rule’

This week, we got oral arguments in the first of the Supreme Court’s two Second Amendment cases for the year. The justices questioned both sides in the fight over Hawaii’s so-called Vampire Rule. It seemed to lean heavily toward the gun-rights advocates’ point of view, though. As gun litigator Rob Doar explains, there’s even some chance the plaintiffs could pull off a 7-2 win. Then… Source

Lawyers, guns and money: SCOTUS considers firearms and the Federal Reserve

Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. This week’s Supreme Court hearings can be summed up with the title of Warren Zevon’s classic tune “Lawyers, Guns and Money.” The court heard arguments about a Hawaii gun law and President Donald Trump’s bid to fire a Federal Reserve member. The…