President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has been allowed to insert itself into a federal appellate court case over Illinois’ ban on certain high-powered guns and high-capacity magazines, with the administration arguing it is seeking to protect citizens’ Second Amendment rights.

The Trump administration isn’t a party to the case, but the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has allowed the Justice Department’s top official in charge of civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon, to deliver oral arguments for five minutes when the panel hears arguments later this month over whether the 2023 law violates the U.S. Constitution.

It’s the latest effort by the Trump administration to poke Gov. JB Pritzker, a consistent Trump foe and potential 2028 White House aspirant, with Trump and Pritzk

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