Snope vs Brown (was Bianchi vs Brown) Maryland 'assault weapons' case

[Librarian]

Librarian submitted a new resource:

Snope vs Brown (was Bianchi vs Brown) Maryland 'assault weapons' case - Supported, among other groups, by CRPA

4th Circuit docket: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66616995/dominic-bianchi-v-anthony-g-brown/

Supreme Court docket: https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-203.html

Recent filing: Sept 23, 2024

https://crpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-09-16-Snope-v-Brown-amicus-brief2302969.4.pdf

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inconsistency between competing circuits in a single
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Snope vs Brown (was Bianchi vs Brown) Maryland 'assault weapons' case - Supported, among other groups, by CRPA



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Besides the entertainment value of the amicus filing, the hope here is that SCOTUS will provide some effective guidance to the lower courts (*cough* 9th Circuit *cough*) on applying Bruen.

 

[Dvrjon]

• The Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari (review) on June 2, 2025.
• This means the Fourth Circuit's decision stands, and the Maryland law remains in effect.
• Justices Alito and Gorsuch would have granted the petition.
• Justice Kavanaugh indicated that this is not the final word on the issue and that the Court should address the constitutional status of these weapons in the "next Term or two".

Justice Kavanaugh’s statement

 

[Ro-bo]

The majority justices are too busy deciding cases which shore up executive power to bother looking at lingering pissant 2A issues.
If the supreme court really cared about proper application of Bruen, they could do what they did in Caetano and avoid all these long, drawn out paths to clarification.

 

[MattB]

Why does the court keep turning these cases away?