{
  "id": 12129,
  "url": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/07/to-help-heroin-trafficker-keep-his-gun-fifth-circuit-considers-what-if-we-got-rid-of-all-federal-laws",
  "title": "To Help Heroin Trafficker Keep His Gun, Fifth Circuit Considers ‘What If We Got Rid Of All Federal Laws?’",
  "summary": "Clarence Thomas mused that the Commerce Clause may not support most federal law and the Fifth Circuit fell all over themselves to take it up. The post To Help Heroin Trafficker Keep His Gun, Fifth Circuit Considers ‘What If We Got Rid Of All Federal Laws?’ appeared first on Above the Law .",
  "authors": "Joe Patrice",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-20T21:23:35.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-21T05:10:12.656Z",
  "source_slug": "x-above-the-law-legal-tech",
  "source_name": "Above the Law (legal tech)",
  "source_homepage": "https://abovethelaw.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12129",
  "original_url": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/07/to-help-heroin-trafficker-keep-his-gun-fifth-circuit-considers-what-if-we-got-rid-of-all-federal-laws",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}