Mexico claiming gun makers are partly to blame for the firearms that illegally flow to the drug cartels in the country, thus helping to inflict mass carnage on it.

The nation of Mexico’s lawsuit against several major US gun manufacturers, known as Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, was cursed long before it reached the Supreme Court.

The justices return to the bench Monday for a week of oral arguments that includes a high-profile lawsuit from Mexico seeking to hold U.S. gun makers liable for cartel violence.

The dispute focuses on whether Mexico can hold U.S. manufacturers liable for gun violence and comes amid rising tensions between the countries.

It’s hard to imagine a lawsuit that faces more challenging political headwinds than Mexico’s case against US gun companies in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Briefly ...