Body Armor Limits Left Undisturbed by U.S. High Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined a chance to put new restrictions on the power of Congress, leaving intact a federal law that bars people convicted of a violent felony from owning body armor.
The justices today turned away an appeal by Cedrick Bernard Alderman, a Washington state man who sought to overturn his conviction for possessing a bulletproof vest. He had previously been convicted of robbery.