That is, it sounds like the argument was over whether the ATF was granted authority by Congress under the GCA to issue such a ban, rather than whether the GCA passed constitutional muster.
I mean, okay, it has an impact, but it isn’t really on par with cases evaluating whether law is in conformance with the First Amendment.
Hmm.
I think that this isn’t actually of massive significance, looking at this summary:
https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2024/06/scotus_6-14.pdf
That is, it sounds like the argument was over whether the ATF was granted authority by Congress under the GCA to issue such a ban, rather than whether the GCA passed constitutional muster.
I mean, okay, it has an impact, but it isn’t really on par with cases evaluating whether law is in conformance with the First Amendment.
Either way, it certainly wasn’t a Democratic administration pushing for them to be unbanned.
Fair enough.