High court agrees to hear firearm case
A newly solidified conservative majority on the Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take up a Second Amendment case for the first time since 2010.
At issue is a challenge to a provision of a New York City gun law that regulates where licensed handgun owners can take their firearms. The law blocks licensed individuals from removing a handgun from the address listed on the license except to travel to nearby authorized small-arms range/ shooting clubs.
It is the first substantive gun rights cases the court has heard since Justice Antonin Scalia’s landmark opinion in 2008 holding that the Constitution protects an individual’s right to keep a gun at home and a follow-up case in 2010. Since those opinions came down, the court has declined to take up several other follow-up cases to the frustration of supporters of guns rights.
The challenge comes from the New York State Rifle & Pistol association.
The case will be heard in October.
Deal reached in L.A. strike
LOS ANGELES — A crowd of teachers roared its approval after a tentative deal was announced Tuesday between Los Angeles school officials and the union that will allow educators to return to classrooms after a six-day strike in the nation’s second-largest district.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, accompanied by leaders of United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District, announced the agreement a few hours after a 21hour bargaining session ended before dawn.
Union president Alex Caputo-Pearl said teachers would vote Tuesday, and he expected approval. Teachers planned to meet with union representatives to familiarize themselves with the agreement before casting ballots later in the day.
Teachers are expected to be back at work on Wednesday.
White House briefings
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he directed White House press secretary Sarah Sanders “not to bother” with press briefings because he believes that reporters are rude to her and that most members of the media will not cover the administration fairly.
News briefings, which used to be a near-daily occurrence, have become a rarity in the Trump White House. Ms. Sanders has not provided an on-camera briefing for more than a month, including the duration of the partial government shutdown.