Welcome to This Week in the Circuits, a look at the most significant cases before federal appeals courts.
The Third Circuit is tackling one of America’s hottest legal questions: does the Second Amendment prohibit states from banning assault rifles and high-capacity magazines used in some of the country’s deadliest mass shootings.
The en banc oral argument kicks off Wednesday in the James A. Byrne Courthouse in Philadelphia—a block away from where Congress first approved the Bill of Rights and across the Delaware River from New Jersey, where gun-rights advocates are challenging the state’s laws.
The argument will be the first ...
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