The Supreme Court Tests Its Own Limits on Guns

Published: Nov. 9, 2023, 10:51 a.m.

A critical gun case was argued before the Supreme Court this week. But instead of opening further freedoms for gun owners \u2014 as the court, with its conservative supermajority, did in a blockbuster decision last year \u2014 justices seemed ready to rule that the government may disarm people under restraining orders for domestic violence. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The Times, explains why.