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After the oral arguments in a pivotal gun case, the conservative-majority Court now has the power to overturn a common-sense law barring domestic abusers from possessing firearms; Jill Filipovic writes that American women, particularly those of childbearing age, have another Supreme Court decision to watch out for. When an abuser has access to a gun, his victim is five times more likely to be murdered by him, and pregnant women are particularly at risk, she points out.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of a lower-court decision that a federal law prohibiting people who are subject to domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms violates the Second Amendment.

The Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday on a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns.

The Supreme Court expanded gun rights in a major decision last year—but in a case before the court on Tuesday, justices seemed less inclined to protect gun rights for...

The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to preserve gun control laws that deny firearms to people deemed dangerous even if they have not actually been convicted of a felony, saying that standard has long been accepted as a valid reason to restrict gun rights.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. In their first guns case since last year’s expansion of gun rights, the justices suggested that they will reverse a ruling from an appeals court in New Orleans that struck down the 1994 […]

The Supreme Court considers whether a federal law that prohibits alleged domestic abusers from owning firearms is unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday for United States vs. Rahimi, a case that will decide whether individuals placed under domestic violence protection orders have the right to possess firearms.

The law, if kept, would have far-reaching effects, including on the trial of President Biden's son Hunter.

The Supreme Court seemed poised Tuesday after oral arguments to rule in favor of a federal law that bars individuals subject to certain domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms.