Professor Joel Johnson Quoted on Supreme Court Case United States v. Hemani in USA Today

Professor Joel S. Johnson is quoted in a recent USA Today article about a pending Supreme Court decision, United States v. Hemani.  Professor Johnson argues that, although the case was granted to resolve a Second Amendment issue, the Court should resolve it on an narrower ground.

Excerpt from the article:

It’s possible . . . that the justices could decide Hemani’s case without clarifying their constitutionality test for gun rules.

“This case has been billed as the Court’s next big Second Amendment battle,” Joel Johnson, a former Justice Department attorney who teaches at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, wrote in a filing supporting Hemani. “But it need not be.”

The complete article may be found at USA Today