WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sided with the court’s four liberals on Monday in striking down a federal law that imposes stiff criminal sentences for those convicted of certain crimes involving firearms.
In the 5-4 ruling, with Gorsuch’s fellow conservatives in dissent, the court ruled that the federal law in question was written too vaguely and therefore violated the U.S. Constitution. Gorsuch was appointed to the court by President Donald Trump in 2017. Continue reading “U.S. Supreme Court strikes down stiff firearms penalties”
