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Pete Patterson

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Sep 17, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Pete Patterson

    How courts keep getting Bruen wrong (opens the original)

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    In the landmark 2022 case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Supreme Court struck down New York’s concealed carry law as inconsistent with the Second Amendment. In doing so, the court established a two-step analysis for determining whether one’s rights had been violated. Only several years later circuit courts keep misconstruing this test and confusing what Bruen actually held, perhaps most prominently in cases relating to the commercial sale of firearms. So where have th

  2. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · Pete Patterson

    Heller and Bruen are here to stay (opens the original)

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    Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. The October 2025 Supreme Court Term was a good one for the Second Amendment. In United States v. Hemani, the court held by a 9-0 vote that it violates the Second Amendment to disarm a person solely because of occasional marijuana use. And in Wolford v. Lopez, the court refused to countenance a novel and creative way of circumventing the Sec

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