NEW: The en banc 3rd Circuit has issued two important Second Amendment decisions on as-applied challenges to the federal felon-in-possession law. They demonstrate the trouble lowers courts face under Bruen. Bost: www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/241... Williams: www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/241...

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Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.

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#2A #GVP Good news: yesterday, the Ninth Circuit UPHELD Hawaii's firearm permit law, which has a couple unique features, in Yukutake v. Lopez. The law says 1) the permit is void unless the firearm is purchased within 30 days, and 2) requires filing a form (gun caliber, serial # & manufacturer), etc

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NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.

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Of course Alito and Thomas dissent like the whiny pains in the ass they are.

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