U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco giving opening remarks during the Federalist Society’s Supreme Court Preview panel discussion, on Sept. 21, 2018, held at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
The Trump administration’s U.S. Justice Department on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for argument time to support a challenge to New York City gun restrictions, even though the government has not yet taken a position on whether the case is now moot, as the city contends.
U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco, in his request for argument time, said the government has a “substantial interest in the preservation of the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” The government also has a “substantial interest” in defending federal laws regulating firearms, Francisco said.
