No. 24-6606
Tags: constitutional-rights convicted-felons criminal-law district-of-columbia-v-heller second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference:
2025-03-21
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. 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)?
2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) satisfy the Second Amendment in all of its applications?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights in light of the Court's interpretation of 'the people' in District of Columbia v. Heller, and do 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) satisfy the Second Amendment in all of its applications?
Docket Entries
2025-03-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
2025-03-04
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-03-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 24, 2025)
Attorneys
United States
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Willie McCoy
Jonathan Dodson — Federal Defenders of the MDGA, Inc., Petitioner