On March 26, 2025, the Supreme Court decided Bondi, Attorney General, et al. v. Vanderstok, et al., No. 23-852, and held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) rule ...

It’s like déjà vu all over again. Another Supreme Court term has started and another government agency finds itself before the justices trying to justify taking an expansive view of its own authority.

VanDerStok opinion, the Court held that Section 478.12(c)’s treatment of partially complete frames and receivers is not facially invalid under § 921(a)(3), which is a lawyerly way of saying that ...

On October 8, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Garland v. VanDerStok, a challenge to the Final Rule of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) from 2022 redefining and ...

Justice Neil Gorsuch used a photo of Polymer80's "Buy Build Shoot" kit in his majority opinion in Bondi v. Vanderstok. Credit: U.S. Supreme Court Opinion ...

Pundits have tried to read the tea leaves following the argument in the Supreme Court in Garland v. VanDerStok on October 8. In its Final Rule, ATF expanded the definition of "firearm" beyond what ...

Last week, the Supreme Court heard Garland v. VanDerStok, a blockbuster case concerning “ghost guns”. These are “gun parts kits” that can be converted into functional guns by novices with a few hours ...

The October 2024 term of the Supreme Court is about to begin, and the second day of oral argument, October 8, will feature an important administrative law question arising from gun regulation—here the ...

Never mind that gun tracing doesn't work the way some people actually think, but that's what happened. After the Cargill decision upended the similar bump stock ban, though, I was confident that the ...