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  1. June 18, 2026

    Justices Allow Gun Rights For Marijuana User

    U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled Thursday that the federal government cannot bar a drug user from owning guns, saying that the prosecution of a Texas man accused of owning a gun while being a marijuana user was inconsistent with the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

  2. April 23, 2026

    DOJ Says Medical Pot Shift Shouldn't Affect Gun Rights Case

    Despite an order from the U.S. Department of Justice loosening federal restrictions on medical marijuana, the Trump administration signaled Thursday that it does not intend for the changes to cannabis regulation to apply retroactively.

  3. March 02, 2026

    Supreme Court Seems To Favor Gun Rights For Pot User

    U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Monday of government arguments that barring marijuana users from owning guns is legal, pointing out that the government's chosen historical analog, laws disarming drunks, only applied to gun owners who were regularly dangerously intoxicated — qualities not necessarily present in modern cannabis users.

  4. February 27, 2026

    Up Next At High Court: Drug User Gun Possession

    The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its February oral argument session by hearing its newest Second Amendment case over a federal law that prohibits drug users from possessing firearms, as well as a dispute over whether motor carrier brokers can be held liable for truck crashes under state law.

  5. February 20, 2026

    Old 'Drunkards' Laws Cited As Support For Disarming Pot Users

    The federal government is urging the Supreme Court to overturn a Fifth Circuit finding that a man couldn't be disarmed for regular cannabis use under federal law, arguing that the law does allow such disarmament — much as founder-era laws authorized taking guns away from "habitual drunkards" to preserve public safety.

  6. February 02, 2026

    Advocates Urge Justices To Overturn Cannabis Gun Ban

    Cannabis consumer advocates, guns rights activists and libertarian think tanks have all filed friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to find that a law disarming marijuana users runs afoul of the Second Amendment.

  7. January 29, 2026

    Legal Group Tells Justices Pot User Gun Ban Unconstitutional

    Libertarian group Liberty Justice Center is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a Fifth Circuit ruling that found disarming a cannabis user based solely on that use is unconstitutional, saying it's not consistent with historical analogues barring "dangerous" people from owning guns.

  8. January 26, 2026

    Disarming Cannabis Users Is Unconstitutional, Justices Told

    A Texas man charged with illegally possessing a gun as a regular cannabis user told the U.S. Supreme Court that the government had no more right to disarm him than it had to restrict the gun use of people who drank on the weekends.

  9. January 01, 2026

    4 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring

    The U.S. Supreme Court justices will return from the winter holidays to tackle several constitutional disputes that range from who is entitled to birthright citizenship to whether transgender individuals are entitled to heightened levels of protection from discrimination. 

  10. December 22, 2025

    21 AGs Support Gun Ban For Cannabis Users

    A federal law that prohibits habitual drug users from possessing firearms is constitutional and necessary for public safety, a coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C., told the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the justices to overturn a finding that the law violates the Second Amendment except when a user is actively intoxicated.