Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners v. Jennifer VanDerStok, et al.

  1. October 04, 2024

    Up First At High Court: Civil Rights, Ghost Guns, Atty Fees

    The U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes Monday to start a brand-new term, with the justices first hearing arguments related to prerequisites for litigating federal rights in state courts, ghost gun regulations, and whether a death row inmate is entitled to a new trial after a state admits that prosecutorial misconduct might have led to his conviction.

  2. July 03, 2024

    24 AGs Urge High Court To Preserve Ghost Gun Regs

    A coalition of 24 attorneys general urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a new federal regulation regarding the weapon parts kits consumers can purchase and use to build ghost guns — firearms without serial numbers — treating them the same way preassembled firearms are, saying the new rule is "crucial to preventing and solving violent, firearm-related offenses."

  3. April 22, 2024

    Supreme Court Will Hear Feds' Ghost Guns Ban Appeal

    The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from the federal government seeking to block an injunction excluding two companies from a rule classifying so-called ghost gun kits as firearms.

  4. March 08, 2024

    20 States Urge Justices To Block 5th Circ. 'Ghost Gun' Ruling

    The District of Columbia and 20 states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fifth Circuit order that allowed two companies to sell so-called ghost guns, which lack serial numbers, saying that without federal regulation, soaring sales of the weapon kits has caused a spike in crime.

  5. February 09, 2024

    Feds Ask High Court To Block 'Ghost Gun' Exemption

    The federal government is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and block an injunction exempting two companies that sell so-called ghost guns, which lack serial numbers, from a rule classifying the kits as firearms, saying the Fifth Circuit's current ruling creates a loophole that will result in a "flood" of untraceable weapons in the country.