that, we are still waiting on. fox news chief legal correspondent anchor of fox news at night shannon bream starts us off tonight with a big ruling. good evening, shannon. shannon: good evening, bret. after years of turning away numerous cases challenging gun laws across the country, the supreme court has weighed in a big way on the second amendment, broadening the ability of law-abiding citizens to carry legally owned firearms outside of their homes. i m disappointed. the president may be, but gun rights advocates say they are feeling vindicated. we are not the problem. they are celebrating today s 6 to 3 supreme court opinion finding new york s restrictive framework for conceal carry permits unconstitutional. the challenge to the law arose because it requires applicants for a conceal carry permit to show a specialized need for self-protection. writing for the majority justice clarence thomas says the second amendment is not a second class right. adding: new york s
warnings of mass resignations, conspiracy theories about italian spy satellites calls for pardons and an effort by trump allies to install an acting attorney general to help the president steal the election. the committee laid out the case that trump loyalists believed that jeffrey clark should become acting attorney general. that s because he was more favorable to allegations of voter fraud. the president wanted the department to sow doubt in the legitimacy of the election, to empower his followers and members of congress to take action. if the department could just lend its credibility to the conspiracies, people would have the justification they needed to spread the big lie. g.o.p. pennsylvania representative scott perry texted white house chief of staff mark meadows in an effort to elevate clark to pursue election theories. in fact, after a meeting on january 3rd, top doj officials nearly quit en masse in protest