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Fifth Circuit will review if law barring felons from possessing guns is federal overreach

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reserved for the States.

“This Court’s § 922(g)(1) precedent, however, ignores Lopez and, in doing so, impermissibly expands the federal government’s ability to regulate noneconomic conduct far beyond what the Commerce Clause permits,” Squire’s lawyers wrote.

The decision to rehear the case drew only one notable dissent, by U.S. Circuit Judge Stephen continue reading …

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