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Bump Stock Ruling Highlights Appellate Dispute: Can Agencies Decide What Is a Crime?

…Will the Supreme Court take up that issue? The ATF declined to comment on Friday’s ruling, but Richard Samp of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, who won the 5th Circuit appeal for bump stock user Michael Cargill, said his side wouldn’t shy away from Supreme Court review, including on the question of whether Chevron applies to rules with criminal penalties…

…Will the Supreme Court take up that issue? The ATF declined to comment on Friday’s ruling, but Richard Samp of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, who won the 5th Circuit appeal for bump stock user Michael Cargill, said his side wouldn’t shy away from Supreme Court review, including on the question of whether Chevron applies to rules with criminal penalties…

January 9, 2023


Originally Published in Reuters