DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Quickly Restore Ban on Guns in Domestic Violence Cases

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on March 7, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The Biden administration formally asked the Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling that invalidated a federal law that bars people under domestic violence-related restraining orders from possessing firearms.

U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar filed the new petition (pdf) in United States v. Rahimi, court file 22-915, which was docketed by the Supreme Court on March 21.