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The Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to the ban on bump stocks
In the US Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito asked an attorney how lawmakers might reach a decision on whether to ban “bump stocks”, the device used by the Las Vegas shooter to fire rapidly. “Can you imagine a legislator saying…in favour of banning machine guns but not banning bump stocks,” Alito asked. The US government…
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The new normal has curtain lifted on another historic Supreme Court term.
During a US Supreme Court argument over voting rights, Justice Samuel Alito said, “Do you think that it furthers democracy to transfer the political controversy about districting from the legislature to elected supreme courts where the candidates are permitted by state law to campaign?” “There must be some limit on the authority of state courts…