The Supreme Court in Bondi v. VanDerStok (2025) rejected a challenge under the Administrative Procedure Act to a 2022 Final Rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) expanding the definitions of “firearm” and “frame or receiver.” See my post here. However, the Court did not entertain the constitutional challenges brought by Defense Distributed. In a decision issued on August 17 in Defense Distributed v. Blanche, Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas declared the regulations unconstitutionally vague and violative of the Second Amendment.

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