Appeals Court Ruling On Domestic Violence Gun Law Draws Concerns

 Many of the examples of policy drift Basrur cites stem from the demands faced by messy coalition governments dealing with fractious allies. By contrast, Modi and the BJP now enjoy a comfortable majority in India’s Parliament. But the current government’s foreign-policy decision-making has demonstrated similar policy drift, from its lackadaisical response to the compelling security threat from China on the border to its inability to formulate a clear-cut role for itself within the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue alongside Australia, Japan, and the United States.

Unless India’s policymakers forthrightly tackle long-standing structural bottlenecks through bureaucratic reforms, improve policy coordination on national issues across state and central governments, and tackle the question of overlapping organizational jurisdictions, policy drift will continue to thwart India’s aspirations as a global leader.

SACRAMENTO — There's been a fundamental shift in the approach to domestic violence cases after a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it's now legal for domestic abusers to own a gun.

To be clear, the court's decision only applies to Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. It does not impact the laws on the books in California, but there is fear the fallout doesn't stop with those three states.

Groups that help advocate for domestic violence survivors fear that the ruling set a precedent. They say it isn't just dangerous but is a deadly combination.