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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%">Today, the US Supreme Court heard the US v. Rahimi (5<sup>th</sup> circuit) case dealing with disarming those that are subject to restraining orders.
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%">Here is a link to the oral argument audio (about 1.5 hours long):
<a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2023/22-915">https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2023/22-915</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 5.0pt 0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-right:0in">
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%">An article from post-argument today:
</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%"><a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-11-07/supreme-court-hears-major-test-of-2nd-amendment-gun-rights-in-a-case-of-domestic-violence">https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-11-07/supreme-court-hears-major-test-of-2nd-amendment-gun-rights-in-a-case-of-domestic-violence</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;border:none;padding:0in">
<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%">Some background/context info below is from the Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP).</span><o:p></o:p></li></div>
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:brown">What You Need to Know About the Rahimi Case</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">On November 7<sup>th</sup>, the United States Supreme Court will hear a case called <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">U.S. v. Rahimi</span></em>.
It’s a case that is very important to survivors of domestic violence and the people who help them. In U.S. v Rahimi, the Supreme Court will decide whether some people convicted of domestic violence offenses should have access to a gun.</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">That this is even a question is mind-boggling. Since 1994 federal law has said that people subject to domestic violence protection orders should not have access to
a gun while that protection order is active. This has saved countless lives. </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"><a href="https://bwjp.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=554dc701fd0b3a38d610ccc2c&id=05f5bd859c&e=f8e636b4ae" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">Read
More from Roberta Valente, Esq.<br>
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</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:brown">BWJP through two of its national centers, the </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"><a href="https://bwjp.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=554dc701fd0b3a38d610ccc2c&id=1e1b96e2b1&e=f8e636b4ae" target="_blank"><span style="color:brown">National
Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith and Credit</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:brown"> and the </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"><a href="https://bwjp.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=554dc701fd0b3a38d610ccc2c&id=bee7b352e7&e=f8e636b4ae" target="_blank"><span style="color:brown">National
Center on Gun Violence in Relationships,</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:brown"> has been a leader in developing a national response to this case, including an </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"><a href="https://bwjp.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=554dc701fd0b3a38d610ccc2c&id=a604de0b65&e=f8e636b4ae" target="_blank"><span style="color:brown">amicus
brief</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:brown"> filed by the gender-based violence field. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:brown">BWJP PRESS RELEASE:
<a href="https://bwjp.org/supreme-court-set-to-hear-united-states-v-rahimi-case-domestic-violence-protection-orders-under-scrutiny/">
https://bwjp.org/supreme-court-set-to-hear-united-states-v-rahimi-case-domestic-violence-protection-orders-under-scrutiny/</a></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Another Perspective on the Hearing in United States v. Rahimi:</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">On November 7, 2023, the Supreme Court will hear a crucial case, United States v. Rahimi, which focuses on the Second Amendment constitutionality
of the federal firearm ban for individuals under disqualifying domestic violence protection orders. Former Assistant United States Attorney Margaret Groban writes based on case law and practical considerations. Learn more about it in her article.<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> -
Margaret Groban, Consultant at NRCDVF. <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><em><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Article:
<a href="https://www.preventdvgunviolence.org/news/another-perspective-rahimi-case.html">
<i>https://www.preventdvgunviolence.org/news/another-perspective-rahimi-case.html</i></a></span></em><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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