Second Amendment: cert granted in assault weapons ban cases (Viramontes and Grant); Alito ethics controversy over oil holdings

The Supreme Court granted cert in two cases challenging assault weapons bans, testing Bruen's historical-tradition test. Justice Alito has confirmed he is staying another term specifically to work on these cases and the climate change case Suncor Energy, signaling his intent to cement his legacy on Second Amendment and federal power issues. A new analysis reveals Alito held up to $2.9M in oil and gas assets since joining the Court, raising recusal questions ahead of Suncor oral arguments and feeding the ongoing ethics narrative.