US to Appeal National Security Case Imperiling Gun-and-Drugs Law

The Justice Department will appeal a ruling that tossed a firearms charge against an Iranian American with suspected ties to terrorism, six months after prosecutors conceded the case should be dismissed.

Federal prosecutors informed the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Thursday that they’ll be renewing their case against Ali Hemani, who’d been indicted last year under a federal law criminalizing firearms possession while using illegal drugs. When the department abandoned the matter in August, a day before they were set to argue at a hearing the charge was valid, it reserved its right to appeal on ...