Cases of Note

December 16, 2025 -- The Justice Department filed a complaint against the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) alleging that the territory's unreasonable delays and conditions on lawful gun owners' rights make for an unconstitutional permitting process in violation of the Second Amendment.  Several applicants complained that VIPD is unreasonably delaying their gun permit application decisions and added unreasonable conditions, including bolted-in gun safes, prior to issuing gun licenses. Finally, VIPD continues to enforce a proper cause regulation nearly identical to the law that the U.S. Supreme Court previously struck down in another case years ago. This Civil Rights Division intends to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. The newly-established Second Amendment Section filed this lawsuit to bring the Virgin Islands Police Department back into l...