a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional
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There are several more landmark precedents that could be struck down in the months ahead.—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025 In the 2022 decision striking down a New York law requiring state residents to have a special need to carry weapons outside the home, the court said gun rules must be similar to a historical regulation on weapons to pass constitutional muster.—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025 The court has frequently struck down laws that regulate the content of speech.—Timothy R. Holbrook, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025 This column recently discussed a pending Supreme Court case that could strike down the Voting Rights Act’s remedy of creating majority-minority districts and result in the creation of even more Republican House seats.—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for strike down
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