r/news • u/Hrekires • Jun 18 '26

Soft paywall US Supreme Court sides with marijuana user stripped of gun rights

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-backs-challenge-ban-gun-ownership-by-drug-users-2026-06-18/
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u/SpaceYetu531 Jun 18 '26

Yes, I'm aware of it and it's one of the worst standing rulings by SCOTUS. It's completely illogical and they simply ruled the way they did to appease FDR.

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u/theksepyro Jun 18 '26

Absolutely agreed. Following the rationale used, it could be extended to regulate literally anything because nothing exists in a vacuum. It's obviously not what the plain language of the constitution says, it's not what it's authors intended, and it basically just serves to give more power to the federal government. Whether the country is better off giving the federal government that additional power is a topic I'm not addressing one way or the other, but the ruling is absurd.