ACRU Amicus Briefs Archives - Page 2 of 9

ACRU files two SCOTUS briefs upholding Second Amendment rights

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:06:47-05:00January 21st, 2021|

ACRU recently filed two amicus briefs with the Supreme Court questioning whether lifetime bans on firearm ownership in cases where citizens were convicted of non-violent crimes is constitutional as applied. In separate cases, a woman convicted of tax fraud in 2011 and a man convicted of misdemeanor DUI in 2005 were blocked from firearm purchases after they satisfied their sentences and have been law-abiding since. In both cases, ACRU argues these convictions should not block the right of these Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights.

The Supreme Court Declines to Consider Price v. Chicago

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:09:06-05:00July 31st, 2020|

On July 2, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in the case of Price v. City of Chicago, although Justice Thomas would have granted the petition. The American Constitutional Rights Union, joined by Students for Life in America, filed an amicus brief in support of the Petitioners, who were challenging the constitutionality of a Chicago ordinance limiting the speech rights of anti-abortion protesters.

ACRU supports right to keep and bear arms in Supreme Court case

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:12:13-05:00December 2nd, 2019|

American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) supports the Second Amendment rights of New York City residents as the Supreme Court decides whether the New York City law criminalizing transport of registered guns outside the home is unconstitutional.
The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) has filed an amicus brief supporting the petitioners in the case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York in the Supreme Court of the United States. The Constitution clearly outlines the right to “keep and bear” arms. The right to bear arms is at stake in the case.
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association seeks to overturn a decision to […]

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