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Court denies 200-plus petitions; AR-15 ban case set for Dec. 2 argument with the U.S. government participating

Published 4:58 PM CT, Monday, November 9, 2026 · Updated 5:08 PM CT
In the 5 PM CT update

The Supreme Court on Monday denied review in more than 200 cases from its Nov. 6 conference, and granted the solicitor general's request to take part in three December arguments. One is Viramontes v. Cook County (consolidated with Grant v. Higgins) on Dec. 2, over whether bans on AR-15s and other semiautomatic rifles violate the Second Amendment. The Court also asked the solicitor general for the government's views in AstraZeneca UK Ltd. v. Atchley, a terrorism-victims suit, and returned Roybal v. Griffith to the lower court in light of West Virginia v. B.P.J. and United States v. Skrmetti.

• Supreme Court
• Second Amendment
• AR-15
• Viramontes v. Cook County
• Grant v. Higgins
• order list
• cert denied
• Solicitor General
• December argument session
• Skrmetti
• B.P.J.
• United States