Court announces cases it will hear in December, including challenges to the constitutionality of bans on AR-15s

The useful part

Court will hear a pair of challenges to the constitutionality of bans on AR-15s and other semiautomatic rifles on Dec. Higgins, headline the December argument calendar, which was released on Friday afternoon. Other highlights of the December argument session include cases involving the rights of parents to bring a lawsuit challenging a state law on care for runaway teens and Arizona election laws.

How it works

• Cutberto Viramontes filed the challenge to the ban on semiautomatic rifles in Cook County, Illinois, while gun owners and gun-rights groups challenged a similar law that Connecticut passed in the wake of...
• In both cases, the lower courts upheld the bans against arguments that they violated the Second Amendment right to bear arms, prompting the challengers to come to the Supreme Court in 2025.
• After repeatedly considering the cases at their private conferences, the justices finally agreed on June 30 to weigh in.
• 7, the justices will consider whether parents have a right to challenge Washington state laws allowing runaway teens to receive mental health care and treatment (including as to gender transitions of their...

Details worth keeping

Cook County, which has been consolidated with Grant v. In International Partners for Ethical Care v.