Lawrence Hurley covers the Supreme Court for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday declined to block a judge's ruling that a novel Missouri that limits state and local cooperation with the federal government in enforcing gun laws is unconstitutional. The justices in a brief order rejected an emergency request filed by the state. A federal judge had ruled that federal guns laws trump the state law. Under the Constitution’s supremacy clause, federal law generally takes precedence over state law.
The Biden administration sued when the state law was enacted and U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes ruled in March that it was unconstitutional. The law was in effect for six months, but the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 29 lifted a hold on Wimes' decision, prompting the state to turn to the Supreme Court.
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