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Blue states are testing the limits of gun restrictions under a conservative Supreme Court. Moments after the justices nullified concealed carry laws in New York, lawmakers and governors in states with similar rules rushed to fortify their restrictions in the face of the court decision. Their attempts to thread the legal needle previewed what will likely be a years-long effort to defend and extend firearm rules under the court’s sweeping new Second Amendment test. “Much of what will have to be done now by California, by New York, by many…

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in a massacre at an elementary school. It was the deadliest school shooting in the United States in a decade. On May 24, an 18-year-old gunman wielding an AR-15-style rifle killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a small city west of San Antonio. It was the deadliest school shooting since 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012. Here’s what to know about the attack. What happened? Around…

The Supreme Court could issue a ruling on abortion as soon as Monday, which would be days after a memo leaked from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reveals the Biden administration is preparing for a nationwide wave of violence following the decision on the future of Roe v. Wade. A leaked draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito signaling the high court plans to overturn landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade sparked pro-choice protests nationwide and an uptick in violence. Protesters have targeted the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices…

When President Joe Biden introduced her as his nominee for the United States Supreme Court on February 25, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said, “I can only hope that my life and career, my love of this country and the Constitution, will inspire future generations of Americans.” The name Ketanji Brown Jackson may be new to many Americans, but not to Antoinette Coakley, a professor at Northeastern Law; Lisa Fairfax, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania; and Nina Simmons, a corporate lawyer. The three women met the federal court…

Now that the U.S. House finally has a speaker, the 118th Congress can get down to business. The prolonged battle over the speakership signals that it will be a turbulent two years. So here’s a brief review of the 2022 midterm vote and a quick sketch of what the new House and Senate look like. The Vote The 2022 election saw all 435 House seats and thirty-five Senate seats up for grabs. The fact that only one-third of Senate seats is on the ballot in every federal election means that…