- The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with Ali Danial Hemani, a Texas marijuana user, ruling that a federal law barring drug users from owning firearms violates the Second Amendment.
- This decision upheld a lower court's dismissal of Hemani's illegal gun possession charge, which arose after a 2023 FBI raid found a Glock pistol, marijuana, and cocaine in his home.
- The ruling marks a loss for President Donald Trump’s Republican administration, which had defended the 1968 Gun Control Act, a law that was also applied in the case against Hunter Biden.
- The case garnered unusual political alliances, with the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Rifle Association, and cannabis legalization groups like NORML all supporting Hemani.
- This judgment is the latest in a series of firearm cases to reach the Supreme Court since a 2022 landmark ruling expanded gun rights, occurring as the legality and use of cannabis continue to shift across U.S. states.
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