No. 22-6854
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedential-authority scarborough-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez
Latest Conference:
2023-03-17
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether—in light of intervening authority in United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995)—Congress may rely on Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 563 (1977), to criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm on the sole basis that the firearm once moved through interstate commerce.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Congress may rely on Scarborough v. United States to criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm on the sole basis that the firearm once moved through interstate commerce
Docket Entries
2023-03-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
2023-02-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-02-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 27, 2023)
Attorneys
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Xavier Sims
Meghan Collins — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner