On the heels of a big Second Amendment victory for gun owners in Hawaii, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear two cases challenging state and local “assault weapons” bans later this year.
The cases dispute laws in Illinois and Connecticut, questioning the constitutionality of banning “AR-15 platform and similar semi-automatic rifles” under the Second and 14th Amendments. Grant v. Higgins and Viramontes v. Cook County will be heard together in the Supreme Court’s October 2026 term.
