The plaintiff argued that his property was outlawed by a government official without the authority to do so.
A bump stock is attached to a semiautomatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range on Oct. 4, 2017, in South Jordan, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
WASHINGTON (CN) Fourth Circuit judges are considering whether a lawsuit brought against an acting U.S. attorney general has grounds for a preliminary injunction.
The defendant, former Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, took up the post after Jeff Sessions resigned in 2018.
That December, he issued a memorandum announcing that bump stocks gun stocks that enable semiautomatic rifles to fire faster rounds fell within the definition of a “machine gun,” under federal law, meaning gun owners must get rid of their bump stocks within the 90 days since the final rule was issued. Attorney General William Barr then ratified the final rule once he took office.
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Print this article Vanita Gupta speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability in Washington, DC, June 10, 2020.
(Michael Reynolds/Pool via Reuters) At her confirmation hearing tomorrow, Vanita Gupta should be asked about her abuse of the Vacancies Act while working for Obama.
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a nomination hearing for Vanita Gupta, President Biden’s choice for associate attorney general. If confirmed, Gupta would become the third-highest-ranking official in the Department of Justice.
Much of the questioning at Gupta’s hearing is likely to focus on her policy priorities during her previous stint in government, when she led the DOJ’s civil-rights division from 2014–2017. But senators on the committee would do well to also ask Gupta about
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