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Supreme Court ties the Constitution in knots to avoid taking guns away from drug users
Key takeaways
- As it has often done, the court bent over backward to treat the Second Amendment as the crucial bulwark of American liberty.
- But to do so, it had to embrace a position on drugs that is not often paired with gun rights.
- Its decision also offered another glimpse into the morass created by the high court s originalist approach to the Second Amendment — and the limits of that enterprise.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
As it has often done, the court bent over backward to treat the Second Amendment as the crucial bulwark of American liberty.
But to do so, it had to embrace a position on drugs that is not often paired with gun rights. Its decision in U.S. v. Hemani brought marijuana use into the constitutional mainstream and offered a picture of American life replete with drug use and alcohol consumption.
Its decision also offered another glimpse into the morass created by the high court s originalist approach to the Second Amendment — and the limits of that enterprise.
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