Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling That Federal Felon Gun Ban Can't Apply to Mississippi Man Convicted of Child Support Nonpayment
The Supreme Court denied a petition from the federal government, leaving in place a Fifth Circuit ruling that the federal felon-in-possession firearm law cannot be applied to a Mississippi man whose only felony conviction was nonpayment of child support.
The Fifth Circuit had held the felon gun ban unconstitutional as applied to the defendant because his sole predicate offense was failure to pay child support. By declining to hear the case, the justices allowed that ruling to stand.
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@scotus_wire🚨 The Supreme Court left in place a Fifth Circuit ruling that the federal felon-in-possession firearm law cannot be applied to a Mississippi man whose only felony conviction was nonpayment of child support.
@gunpolicyThe cert petition filed by the federal government in a case where the Fifth Circuit ruled that the felon gun ban is unconstitutional as applied to the defendant whose "sole predicate offense... is his failure to pay child support" has been