The Illinois Supreme Court found the state's assault weapons ban constitutional. It was passed after the Highland Park shooting last year.

The Illinois State Supreme Court found a strict assault weapons ban passed after the Highland Park shooting to be constitutional in a ruling issued Friday.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
      6·
      1 year ago

      Yes. Each state has a Supreme Court of the state, and then there the Supreme Court of the United States for matters that regard the federation of the states. If it’s only a state matter, it won’t go to the SCotUS. The SC of the state is the highest court where the state law is applicable.

      • baatliwala@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Ah no my point was just about the name given to it, where I’m from (India) we have a similar system just that the highest state level court is called “High Court” and not State Supreme Court. There’s only one Supreme Court and that does the federal level stuff. Wouldn’t seem very supreme if every state had one did it :P

    • delicious_tvarog@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      The intention is that each state has full self-determination as long as it doesn’t run counter to federal law. Each state has its own legislature, executive, and judiciary.