Appeals

Political journalist Bryan Schott was given press credentials while working for The Salt Lake Tribune, then denied access after he launched his own publication — and made jokes at the expense of staffers.

Gun advocates have doggedly petitioned the Supreme Court for a review of assault weapons bans despite the justices’ reluctance to put the issue on their docket until now.

“The framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to ‘every free-born person in this land,’” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote. “We keep that promise today.”