The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a request from the Trump administration to extend the deadline to submit briefs in a case concerning the constitutionality of a federal ban on gun ownership by people who use marijuana and other drugs.
After justices agreed to take the case, U.S. v. Hemani, late last month, DOJ told the court there was mutual agreement between its attorneys and those representing the respondent in the case that the initial deadline for briefs and reply briefs should be revised because of the “press of other cases.”
On Friday, the court agreed, pushing back the deadline for the government to file a brief from December 4 to December 12. A brief from the respondents will now be due by January 20, 2026 and a reply brief from the government will be due by February 19.
The Trump administration has routinely argued that the policy restricting gun ownership by people who use cannabis, even in compliance with state law, “targets a category of persons who pose a clear danger of misusing firearm” and should be upheld.
After several years of conflicting lower court rulings on related cases, justices granted cert in U.S. v. Hemani to settle the question of whether
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