Left Assails SCOTUS for Blocking Trump's Rewrite of Federal Law

In Garland v. Cargill, the justices broke on ideological lines over whether the ATF can redefine the meaning of "machinegun."

Federal law restricts the possession of “machineguns,” which are defined by their ability to “shoot, automatically more than one shot . . . by a single function of the trigger.” 26 USC § 5845(b). On the other hand, semiautomatic firearms (like AR-15s), which require shooters to re-engage the trigger for every shot, aren’t machineguns and civilian posses…