A federal judge in Texas has declared that a regulation adopted by Democratic former President ‌Joe Biden’s administration targeting largely untraceable “ghost guns” is unconstitutional — a ruling issued after the U.S. Supreme Court last year upheld the measure.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth ruled, opens new tab on Monday that the 2022 rule violates the right to keep and bear arms under the U.S. Constitution’s Second ​Amendment and was too vague to satisfy the Fifth Amendment’s due process guarantees.

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    16 hours ago

    I wonder how this decision affects/influences the recent attempt in california to regulate 3d printing of weapons?

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    18 hours ago

    Why do some courts get off so easily on rallying against supreme Court decisions, while others are entirely subservient to the meagerest whisps of the courts minority opinion of law articles

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      15 hours ago

      It really depends on the individual judge’s opinions on if they want to maintain the facade that the US judicial system is impartial or not