Federal appeals court rules that New Jersey’s assault weapons ban is unconstitutional — and more UCLA media

The Associated Press reported that a federal appeals court ruled New Jersey’s ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines is unconstitutional, the first federal appeals court to invalidate such a state law. UCLA law professor Adam Winkler said the decision was surprising because federal appeals courts have previously upheld assault weapons bans, and suggested it could signal how the Supreme Court may approach the issue. Read more about UCLA in today’s New York Times, CNN and others. “Here & Now’s” Peter O’Dowd speaks with Rick Hasen, director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at the UCLA School of Law. Rick Hasen, an election law expert at the University of California, Los Angeles, told AFP that Trump’s speech consisted mostly of “recycled and debunked claims.”