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Whether states can ban AR-15 style firearms may now reach the Supreme Court, the court that has final say on what the Constitution permits.
The federal government has expressed support for a legal challenge to those bans. A challenge, in legal terms, is a lawsuit or appeal arguing that a law is unconstitutional.
The position puts the executive branch on the side of those seeking to overturn the bans.
The Supreme Court controls its own docket, taking only a fraction of the cases brought before it each term, and institutional backing from the federal government can factor into whether the justices agree to hear a case at all.
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