Grant v Higgins Amicus Briefs: What the DOJ's Pro-2A
Grant v Higgins Amicus Briefs: What the DOJ's Pro-2A. The DOJ's surprise amicus brief supporting Connecticut's AR-15 ban challenge signals major implications for Second Amendment cases nationwide. Here's what the { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru#person", "name": "Gun Guru", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru", "description": "Gun Guru is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/58d66f2f-06ea-4f36-97bf-45035316660a.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/grant-v-higgins-doj-amicus-briefs-second-amendment#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/grant-v-higgins-doj-amicus-briefs-second-amendment" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/grant-v-higgins-doj-amicus-briefs-second-amendment", "headline": "Grant v Higgins Amicus Briefs: What the DOJ's Pro-2A", "name": "Grant v Higgins Amicus Briefs: What the DOJ's Pro-2A", "description": "The DOJ's surprise amicus brief supporting Connecticut's AR-15 ban challenge signals major implications for Second Amendment cases nationwide. Here's what the", "articleSection": "Culture & News", "articleBody": "The Grant v. Higgins amicus briefs are the stack of outside filings submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in the challenge to Connecticut's AR-15 ban — and as of the latest docket, effectively every one of them either supports the gun owners or takes no side at all. Oral arguments are set for December 2. The single biggest entry on that list is the United States Department of Justice, which filed at the direction of the executive branch urging the Court to strike the bans down. Gun Guru broke the whole docket down in a 24-minute analysis on Greyhive — and he has standing to do it. He's been covering this case since it was Grant v. Lamont , back when, as he puts it, most of the national gun channels wouldn't touch Connecticut's plight at all. \"Now everybody wants to talk about it and there's a ton of support,\" he says. The case is backed by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League (CCDL) and the Second Amendment Foundation on behalf of plaintiff Eddie Grant. Below is the practical breakdown: what the DOJ actually argued, who else showed up, and what a narrow ruling versus a broad ruling would mean for AR-15 owners, magazine caps, and the roughly ten states still running \"assault weapon\" bans. Key Takeaways Grant v. Higgins is scheduled for oral argument at the Supreme Court on December 2, alongside the Cook County companion case — roughly one hour of argument tota…