Two of the Supreme Court's most conservative justices warned this week that New York's concealed carry restrictions law raises 'serious' constitutional questions ahead of arguments in four Second Amendment-related challenges at the federal appeals court level.
in four challenges against several provisions in New York's Concealed Carry Improvement Act on March 20.
The court’s Wednesday order marked the first Second Amendment case to reach the high court since the major June 2022decision, authored by Thomas, which held New York's old concealed carry law that required a proper cause for a permit was unconstitutional. A 6-3 majority said the law prevented law-abiding citizens with"ordinary self-defense needs" from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense.
The lawsuits now slated to be heard by the 2nd Circuit in March were brought by Ivan Antonyuk and five other plaintiffs who argued they have a right to carry firearms outside the home. They challenged other measures of the act, including its provisions requiring applicants to show character references and contact information of family members, as well as information about their social media accounts.
U.S. District Court Judge Glenn Suddaby wrote a lengthy decision in November explaining why the Concealed Carry Improvement Act measures are unconstitutional in light ofand the 2nd Circuit decided one month later to place his ruling on hold without explanation, vowing to consider the lower court decision more fully in 2023.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the memorial service for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Tuesday, March 1, 2016.Blackman said a symptom of new Second Amendment precedents is that lower federal courts often try to read them narrowly, saying he doesn't think"lower courts are going to like, especially in places like New York and New Jersey.
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