The Supreme Court ruled today that the Washington D.C. handgun ban violated the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The 5-4 decision will overturn the 32 year old law that was implemented to try to reduce violent crime in the District of Columbia, according to CNN.

In another 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled today to strike down the "millionaire's amendment" which would have allowed opponents of wealthy candidates to increase the ceiling on the amount a person can raise from individuals if their opponent makes a contribution to their own candidacy that exceeds 350,000, according to the AP.

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Earlier this week, the Supreme Court also lowered the amount that ExxonMobil was previously ordered to pay as compensation for the Valdez oil spill. The 5-3 decision (Justice Alito abstained from the ruling due to his ownership of ExxonMobil stock) dropped the previous amount of $2.5 billion down to $500 million, according to ABC News.

In yet another 5-4 split, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was an unconstitutional punishment for someone who rapes a child, but does not kill the child, according to the Washington Post.

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