The Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the gun rights of a man who uses marijuana is already impacting the cases of other cannabis consumers who have been prosecuted for possessing firearms.
Earlier this moth, the nine justices unanimously ruled that the government’s efforts to criminalize possession of guns for cannabis consumers is an unconstitutional violation of the Second Amendment. Now, the impact of the decision is being extended to other people with similar cases.
On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected the government’s previously filed petitions challenging lower court rulings that had sided with people who were prosecuted for possessing guns while also being cannabis consumers.
One case, that of Patrick Daniels, involved a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which found that the Second Amendment precludes the government from making it illegal for someone is not “under an impairing influence” while possessing a firearm to otherwise have guns.
The government had asked the Supreme Court to overturn that ruling, but the justices have now said they won’t be taking up the case in light of their decision in U.S. v. Hemani earlier this month.
Similarly, the government had also appealed Kindle Terrell Sam’s case
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