When Amendments collide
On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States recently refused to hear an appeal challenging a law in the state of Georgia that banned firearms from places of worship: The high court today refused to hear an appeal from GeorgiaCarry.org, which wanted the justices to overturn a lower court decision upholding Georgia’s law banning guns in churches and other places of worship. GeorgiaCarry.org argued that the ban applying specifically to places of worship burdens “religiously motivated conduct by regulating […]
Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes • Tags: First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Georgia, GeorgiaCarry.org, gun control, Second Amendment, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, United States Supreme Court
