The Supreme Court will consider whether regular marijuana users can legally own guns in a case challenging federal law that bars drug users from firearm ownership.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider a case that could allow people who regularly smoke marijuana to legally own guns.
The Trump administration has asked the high court to look at a case involving a Texas man who was charged with a felony because he allegedly had a gun in his home and acknowledged being a regular marijuana user.
The Justice Department appealed after a lower court struck down a law that bars people who use any illegal drugs from having guns.
Arguments are likely to happen in 2026.
Lawyers for Ali Danial Hemani, the Texas man, got the felony charges tossed after a federal appeals court ruled that the ban is unconstitutional under the Supreme Court’s expanded view of gun rights.
