‘Shall not be infringed’ — even if you’re high, Supreme Court rules

A Texas man who told federal agents he smokes marijuana every other day just walked away from the Supreme Court with his gun rights intact.

Federal agents had descended on Ali Hemani’s Dallas-area home in 2022, chasing a terrorism lead that ultimately went nowhere.

‘To state the analogy is to expose its deficiency.’

What survived the raid was a confession. Hemani, who has American and Pakistani dual citizenship, surrendered his gun, showed agents the marijuana, and admitted in a voluntary interview that he used it every other day.

Texas treats simple possession as a low-level misdemeanor. Instead, federal prosecutors argued that Hemani’s single admission — regular marijuana use — was enough on its own to support a felony charge carrying up to 15 years and a lifetime firearms ban.

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