The court also could be front and center in the presidential campaign itself, especially with health concerns surrounding 86-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Jim Fossel: 2020 Democratic candidates pushing top-down reform
Leading contenders for the presidency are calling for national projects that would interfere with state and local prerogatives.
‘Joker’ film has families of Aurora theater shooting victims on edge
Family members of victims of the 2012 mass shooting are asking the entertainment studio to donate to gun-victim organizations and advocate for gun reform.
Gun control must include background checks, Democrats tell Trump
Congressional Democratic leaders are telling President Trump that any proposal on gun control must include a House-passed bill to expand background checks for gun purchases.
Coming for your AR-15? Beto O’Rourke scrambles Democrats’ gun message
Democrats contend they don’t want to take away law-abiding citizens’ firearms, but they’re struggling to square that position with the candidate’s call for confiscating assault rifles.
Ted Cruz warns a Trump deal with Democrats on gun control could lead conservatives to stay home in 2020
The Texas senator specifically referenced a possible deal between the Trump administration and a bipartisan group of senators on background checks.
CEOs from 145 companies implore Senate to act on gun violence
The chief executives of Levi Strauss, Twitter, Reddit and others urge expansion of background checks to all gun sales and stronger ‘red flag’ laws.
Democratic leaders urge Trump to intervene with Senate Republicans on gun bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say the president’s ‘urgent, personal intervention is needed.’
NRA spars with Texas lieutenant governor on gun control
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tells a Dallas newspaper that the state should limit private gun sales between strangers.
Recent mass shootings add pressure to fund research on gun violence
Research on gun violence would help fill a knowledge gap about policies that are most effective at reducing injuries and death.