An Obama-appointed federal judge in Illinois has ruled 18 USC 922(g)(1), the federal 'felon in possession' statute, unconstitutional. The ruling, in USA v. Cherry, applied the Second Amendment's text and history test, finding that 'the people' includes all citizens, even those with felony records. The court rejected the government's historical analogues for disarming felons, deeming them insufficient and often discriminatory.
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