Bad News for Hunter Biden’s Appeal of Conviction as Supreme Court Narrows Gun Ruling

A ruling in favor of fewer gun restrictions may have helped the president’s son, Hunter Biden, in appealing his conviction.

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Hunter Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, arrive at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 10, 2024, at Wilmington, Delaware. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

A Supreme Court ruling on a federal law blocking the gun rights of people subjected to domestic violence restraining orders could seriously undermine a potential appeal from the president’s son, Hunter Biden, of his recent conviction for lying about his drug use to buy a gun.

In an 8-1 decision in United States v. Rahimi, the high court ruled in favor of upholding a federal law that restricts the right to gun ownership for those under domestic abuse restraining orders.

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