Newly confirmed Neil M. Gorsuch is likely to have an immediate impact at the Supreme Court, weighing in as early as next week on whether to consider expanding the breadth of the Second Amendment. The political clash ended only when Republicans voted as a bloc to eliminate the ability of the Senate minority to filibuster Supreme Court nominees. The Supreme Court has listed the case as “under consideration” for weeks, without announcing whether it is accepting the case or turning it down. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit said the law was unconstitutional because it was drawn to “target African Americans with almost surgical precision.”The case already has divided the Supreme Court. In that scenario, the court would order new oral arguments to allow Gorsuch to join the deliberations.

Source: Washington Post April 07, 2017 16:28 UTC