No. 21-667

Nathan Ernest Hatch v. State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis Metropolitan Airports Commission

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2021-11-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 2nd-amendment carry-permit civil-rights constitutional-analysis due-process fundamental-rights minnesota-law second-amendment standing strict-scrutiny
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. WHETHER, BECAUSE, AS DECLARED BY
JUSTICE SCALIA THAT OUR SECOND
AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT NEEDS TO DECLARE THAT A STATE
STATUTE THAT INFRINGES UPON A
UNITED STATES CITIZEN'S SECOND
AMENDMENT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS TO
KEEP AND BEAR ARMS MUST BE
SUBJECTED TO A STRICT SCRUTINY
ANALYSIS?

II. WHETHER THE MINNESOTA CARRY
PERMIT REQUIREMENT STATUTE THAT
IMPOSES A GROSS MISDEMEANOR OR
FELONY LEVEL PUNISHMENT FOR PURE
SECOND AMENDMENT BEHAVIOR MUST
BE STRUCK DOWN AS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL?

III. WHETHER UNDER MINNESOTA LAW,
THE MINNESOTA CARRY PERMIT
REQUIREMENT STATUTE MUST BE
SUBJECTED TO A STRICT SCRUTINY
ANALYSIS?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state statute that infringes on a U.S. citizen's Second Amendment fundamental rights must be subjected to strict scrutiny analysis

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-03
Brief of respondent State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis Airport Commission in opposition filed.
2021-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2021)

Attorneys

Nathan Hatch
Lynne Torgerson — Petitioner
State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis Airports Commission
Christopher Paul RenzChestnut Cambronne, PA, Respondent