Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley said that a recent victory for President Joe Biden at the Supreme Court is a disaster for his son Hunter Biden.
The Court decided, in an 8 – 1 margin with dissent by Justice Clarence Thomas, that those accused of domestic abuse could have their right to own firearms temporarily restricted.
“Our tradition of firearm regulation allows the government to disarm individuals who present a credible threat to the physical safety of others,” Chief Justice John Roberts said.
In a piece for Fox News, Turley explained why that decision was disastrous for the president’s son as he appeals his three convictions related to lying on a form to obtain a firearm.
“On Friday, Hunter Biden may have lost the greatest Hail Mary pass in history. When Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach threw his famous winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Drew Pearson in 1975, he later explained. ‘I closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary.’ For Hunter, the pass to the Supreme Court roughly 50 years later just missed in equally spectacular fashion,” the analyst said.
“Hunter and his legal team were counting on the Court striking down the federal gun law at issue in the case of United States v. Rahimi. Hunter was just convicted by a unanimous jury in Delaware for false statements on a gun form and possession of a firearm as a drug addict. He has been arguing against the position of his father’s administration and adopting the same argument of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in challenging the constitutionality of the law,” he said.
“While the result in Washington was not as bad as the unanimous decision in Delaware, it may well have sealed his fate on appeal. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika did not leave him much for appeal in overseeing a fair and textbook trial,” the analyst said.
“The Biden legal team had been counting on Hail Mary passes since a Special Counsel was appointed. It almost worked. Special Counsel David Weiss seemed to work hard to avoid any felony charges against the president’s son,” he said.
