The Supreme Court took up its next Second Amendment case Friday, agreeing to hear a challenge to Hawaii’s ban on carrying concealed weapons on private property without the owner’s express consent.
Three Hawaii residents and a local gun rights group, backed by the Trump administration, urged the justices to review a lower ruling upholding the state’s law.
In a brief order, the justices set the case to be heard this upcoming term. A decision is expected by next summer.
“Boom!” Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, wrote on X, calling it an “important” case.
The Hill has reached out to the Hawaii attorney general’s office for comment.
It marks the Supreme Court’s latest case that will apply its expanded Second Amendment test it laid out in 2022 requir