Hunter Biden’s historic conviction on three felonies related to firearms will give a major boost to a highly anticipated Second Amendment appeal that the Supreme Court will consider in the next few days.
Even though the case involves different facts and a different section of a federal gun law, the Supreme Court’s ruling this month regarding whether or not authorities may forbid domestic abusers from possessing firearms may pave the way for Biden’s planned appeal or make it more difficult for him to have his conviction overturned.
Regarding the ongoing Supreme Court case and potential Biden appeal, Pepperdine University law professor Jacob Charles, who specializes in Second Amendment studies, stated, “I definitely think they’re connected. One possible outcome is that the court limits the gun prohibitions to people who are found to be dangerous in some way..”
It is the first time in American history that a president’s kid has been found guilty of a crime committed while their father is in office, as Hunter Biden was found guilty of three felonies related to firearms on Tuesday. The accusations are based on a federal statute that criminalizes having a firearm in the possession of an illegal drug addict or “unlawful user.”
It is the first time in American history that a president’s kid has been found guilty of a crime committed while their father is in office, as Hunter Biden was found guilty of three felonies related to firearms on Tuesday.
The accusations are based on a federal statute that criminalizes having a firearm in the possession of an illegal drug addict or “unlawful user.”
When the president’s son bought a revolver in 2018 from a gun store in Delaware, he stated he wasn’t using drugs and wasn’t addicted to them. He was found guilty of lying on a federal form. Considering that at the time he was battling a crack cocaine addiction, he was also found guilty of having the gun.
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If Rahimi prevails, Biden would have “ammunition.”
US v. Rahimi, one of the most important cases the Supreme Court has heard this term, revolves about a similar ban of the federal disarmament law. In that case, gun rights organizations and a criminal defendant from Texas named Zackey Rahimi are contesting a portion of the law that prevents Americans who are the target of domestic abuse restraining orders from possessing firearms on the basis of the Second Amendment.
Hunter Biden would have “a lot of ammunition” to refute his conviction if the Supreme Court rules in Rahimi’s favor, according to Andrew Willinger, executive director of the Duke Center for Firearms Law.
As a result, the Democratic president’s son is now allied with gun rights organizations in the legal battle to repeal the regulations.
Biden will benefit from multiple verdicts if he files an appeal against the constitutionality of the marijuana prohibition. A 6-3 conservative majority decided in a significant 2022 Second Amendment judgment that gun control laws had to be “consistent with this nation’s historical tradition” in order to withstand legal challenges.
Second Amendment organizations have utilized the decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, authored by conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, to contest gun prohibitions around the country.
US v. Daniels, one of such challenges, is currently pending at the Supreme Court and closely relates to Hunter Biden’s case.
The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals determined in Daniels last year that, contrary to what Thomas demanded in Bruen, the federal ban on Americans possessing firearms while drug addicts cannot be reconciled with the country’s historical background.
