No. 25-1060

R. R. v. New Jersey

Lower Court: New Jersey
Docketed: 2026-03-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-vagueness due-process firearm-purchaser-permits historical-tradition-test interest-balancing-test Second-Amendment
Latest Conference: 2026-04-02
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. May a court deny Second Amendment rights due to a person's lawful and peaceful expression of his religious beliefs and grievances with his government?

2. Is disenfranchisement of Second Amendment rights constitutional when denied under a statute that prohibits issuance of firearm purchaser permits "in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare because the person is found to be lacking the essential character of temperament necessary to be entrusted with a firearm"?

3. Does the above standard constitute a Second Amendment restriction that is not in our Nation's historical text and tradition of firearm regulation; or an unconstitutional interest-balancing test in offense to Heller ; or an unconstitutionally vague or overbroad standard upon undefined terms that lack Due Process notice?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court may deny Second Amendment rights based on a person's lawful religious expression and peaceful political grievances under a vague statute authorizing permit denial when an applicant lacks 'essential character of temperament' without objective standards or historical tradition supporting such restriction

Docket Entries

2026-04-06
Petition DENIED.
2026-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
2026-03-16
Waiver of right of respondent New Jersey to respond filed.
2026-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2026)

Attorneys

New Jersey
Nancy A. HulettMiddlesex County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
R.R.
Louis Phillip NappenEvan F. Nappen Attorney at Law, P.C., Petitioner