Supreme Court limits power of federal government to disarm drug users | CNN Politics

 Supreme Court limits power of federal government to disarm drug users | CNN Politics

The Supreme Court Thursday curbed the power of the federal government to disarm a frequent marijuana user, limiting the scope of a law enacted during the 1960s to keep weapons out of the hands of Americans who regularly use drugs.

Summary

  • The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that federal prosecutors cannot disarm marijuana users without showing they pose a danger.
  • Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote that the government …