BREAKING 2A NEWS: TRUMP CUTS GREAT DEAL WITH MAJOR NYC LAW FIRM

President Donald Trump has cut a deal with a prominent New York City law firm. Mark Smith Four Boxes Diner discusses how this deal might help the Second Amendment...

Articles about Paul Weis deal:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/legal-community-shaken-powerful-law-firm-paul-weiss-trump-rcna197490

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/us/politics/paul-weiss-trump.html

Links to the cases in which Paul Weiss submitted amicus briefs in 2A/gun-related cases:

- Soto v. Bushmaster (CT Supreme Court; on behalf of Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in support of Soto) https://files.giffords.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Soto-Amicus-Curiae-Brief-March-20-2017.pdf

- NYSRPA v. City of New York (on behalf of the former commissioner of the NYPD, William Bratton, in support of NYC) https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-280/112069/20190812175448869_18-280%20bsac%20William%20J%20Bratton.pdf

- NYSRPA v. Bruen (two amicus briefs, both in support of New York)

(1) On behalf of The Partnership for New York City: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-843/193157/20210921114435518_Brief%20of%20the%20Partnership%20for%20New%20York%20City%20as%20Amicus%20Curiae%20in%20Support%20of%20Respondents%20-%20PDFA.pdf

(2) On behalf of the American Bar Association: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-843/193135/20210921100956536_NY%20State%20Rifle%20%20Pistol%20v.%20Bruen%20-%20ABA%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf

- NRA v. Vullo (on behalf of First Amendment Scholars in support of Maria Vullo) https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-842/301611/20240227162548021_22-842_amicus_brief.pdf

- U.S. v. Rahimi (on behalf of Sen. Richard Blumenthal and 170 other Democratic lawmakers in support of the government) https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-915/275781/20230821132616436_22-915_Amicus%20Curiae%20Brief.pdf

Read my new 2nd Amendment article: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/public-policy-journal/in-print-2/volume-22-issue-2/dangerous-but-not-unusual-mistakes-commonly-made-by-courts-in-post-bruen-litigation/

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Second Amendment scholar Mark W. Smith hosts the Four Boxes Diner 2A channel, which was named the Top Voice of the 2nd Amendment at the 2025 Gundies Awards. Mark Smith is a constitutional attorney, a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar, a professor, a frequent Fox News guest, and a New York Times bestselling author. Mark's eight books include Disarmed: What The Ukraine War Teaches Americans about the Right to Bear Arms, Israel Disarmed: What the October 7 Attack Teaches Americans about the Right to Bear Arms, The Official Handbook of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, First They Came for the Gun Owners, and Duped: How the Anti-gun Lobby Exploits the Parkland School Shooting, and How Gun Owners Can Fight Back. Mark’s scholarship has been used by lawyers before the U.S. and his work has been quoted by a federal judge (Roger Benitez) in declaring California’s so-called “assault weapon” ban to be unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

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