No. 24-6507
Tags: constitutional-interpretation felon-rights heller-precedent law-abiding-citizens second-amendment supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference:
2025-03-07
Question Presented (from Petition)
Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights, in light of this Court's interpretation of "the people" in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 592-95 (2008), its references to the Second Amendment rights of "law-abiding citizens" in Heller, 554 U.S. at 625, 635, and in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 29-31 (2022), and its dicta regarding the presumptive lawfulness of "longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons" in Heller, 554 U.S. at 627-628, n.26, and in McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 742, 786 (2010)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether convicted felons have Second Amendment rights based on Supreme Court precedent interpreting 'the people' and 'law-abiding citizens'
Docket Entries
2025-03-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-02-11
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-02-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-01-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 10, 2025)
Attorneys
Deonta Lowe
Jonathan Dodson — Federal Defenders of the MDGA, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent