Judge Ho Defends Gun Rights Ruling After Justices’ Skepticism (1)

Federal appellate judge James Ho defended a ruling striking down a gun ban for domestic violence abusers through an opinion in a different case, after the US Supreme Court seemed doubtful about upholding that decision.

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Nov. 17 ruled that a district court should not have revoked the supervised release of Jeffrey Kersee and sentenced him to six months without the defendant being able to question witnesses to alleged violations. The trial judge partly relied on information from Kersee’s girlfriend, who accused him of crimes according to ...