End of Supreme Court's Term

All four of the cases were:
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U. S. ___ (2022).
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First of all, what scotus did (vacating and sending these back) isn't unusual. That said, they "punted" those cases back to their respective circuits, rather than just deciding the cases.
 
Just one other note, though. Because SCOTUS vacated the prior rulings, the Courts of Appeals decisions are held for naught, so now we go back to whatever the respective trial courts decided.
 
In other words, the respective circuit courts have to start over, but this time they have to do so with the NYSRPA decision in mind, and that decision tells them they canNOT use their two-step, interest-balancing approach, they have to decide solely based on whether or not the laws are “consistent with the Second Amendment’s text and historical understanding.”
 
Here's hoping they get rid of the silly magazine restrictions. When NJ was 15 rounds it was moderately annoying, 10 is very annoying.
 
this time they have to do so with the NYSRPA decision in mind, and that decision tells them they canNOT use their two-step, interest-balancing approach
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I'm looking forward to seeing how AG Bonta re-frames his arguments in the wake of this. "Intermediate" scrutiny was his defense of the ban last time around, and that's out the window now.
 
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