| 25-6453 |
Rai Martinez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction felonies-clause foreign-nationals high-seas vessel-nationality |
Whether 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1)(C) exceeds Congress's authority under the Felonies Clause by authorizing the United States to exercise criminal jurisd… |
| 25-30 |
Marvin Keith Stitt v. City of Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2025-07-09 |
Denied |
|
congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure indian-country indian-law tribal-sovereignty |
Whether a state may exercise criminal jurisdiction over an Indian for conduct in Indian country absent a valid congressional grant of authority. |
| 24-1287 |
Learning Resources, Inc., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-06-17 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (12) |
congressional-authority economic-regulation executive-power international-emergency-economic-powers-act tariff-policy trade-law |
Whether IEEPA authorizes the President to impose tariffs. |
| 24-5836 |
Steven Hadley Hassan v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-authority due-process fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation |
1) The U.S. Constitution, through Article One, grants Congress the authority to
make or change federal laws. This includes the creation of criminal st… |
| 23-7706 |
Tia Pugh v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-obedience-act civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority due-process first-amendment interstate-commerce legislative-vagueness standing vagueness |
1. Did Pugh's prosecution under the Civil Obedience Act exceed Congress' authority to legislate interstate and foreign commerce?
2. Did Pugh's prosec… |
| 23-7060 |
Marcus D. Ford v. David Buss, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure indian-civil-rights-act indian-territory oklahoma organic-act state-law tribal-sovereignty |
Did Congress pass the Organic act for Oklahoma on May 31, 1890 (25 U.S.C. § 30-31; 26 Stat. 81, 83-84, 87) to establish State laws, or did Congress pa… |
| 23-6896 |
Anthony Rimas v. United States |
First Circuit |
2024-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-2256 28-usc-994 congressional-authority law-enforcement-undercover minor minor-definition sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation u.s.c.-interpretation undercover-law-enforcement |
Has the Sentencing Commission overstepped its congressional authority granted it under 28 U.S.C. § 994 when, with no specific congressional directive … |
| 23-6873 |
Darrin Lynn Pickens v. David Buss, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
arkansas-law civil-rights-act congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-lands indian-territory oklahoma organic-act tribal-sovereignty |
loress passiheOraonicac+tbroKlahoma on establish Slate laws, or did Congress eneral lauJS of Arkansas on ITIaY Z,I2% providina fine provis ► entHTea T… |
| 23-5815 |
Emily Claire Hari v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute free-exercise jurisdictional-element non-economic |
Whether the "jurisdictional element" contained within 18 U.S.C. § 247, standing alone, serves to authorize congressional enactment of a criminal statu… |
| 22-7754 |
Maurice Hunt v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights commerce-clause commercial-sex-acts congressional-authority constitutional-review criminal-liability due-process harmless-error sex-acts statutory-interpretation supervisory-authority supervisory-power |
I. Whether Congress Lacked Congressional Authority Under the Commerce Clause (1505 U.S.C.) To Enact Statutes With the Intent That A Ton Page In Convic… |
| 22-7276 |
Antonio Demond Baker v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-922 18-usc-924 commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits felon-in-possession police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
L. Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
I. Whet… |
| 22-6507 |
In Re Michael Kenny Carter |
|
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
a.e.d.p.a. aedpa civil-rights congressional-authority due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus innocence innocence-claim procedural-barrier writ-suspension |
1) Is the A.E.D.P.A. second or successive provision unconstitutionally suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, as applied to incarcerated individuals… |
| 22-6422 |
Richard Bernard Nichols v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession |
Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 22-6314 |
Ramiro Leal v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 22-6151 |
Demon Reese v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 22-6047 |
Juan Teran v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 22-5918 |
Tommy Allen Dickenson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute
(18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 21-7599 |
Neil Timothy Aho v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority due-process enumerated-powers federalism necessary-and-proper-clause statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-amendment |
Whether Section 2252 of Title 18 of the United States Code ("Section 2252"
or the "Statute") forming the gravamen of the charges in the Indictment
l… |
| 21-1123 |
William K. Harrington, United States Trustee, Region 2 v. Clinton Nurseries, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-02-14 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law judicial-districts quarterly-fees uniform-laws |
1. Whether Section 1004(a) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115-72, Div. B, 131 Stat. 1232 (28 U.S.C. 1930(a)(6)(B) (2018)), which… |
| 21-1078 |
Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-02-04 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
bankruptcy-act bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-interpretation judicial-districts quarterly-fees uniform-laws |
1. Whether Section 1004(a) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115-72, Div. B, 131 Stat. 1232 (28 U.S.C. 1930(a)(6)(B) (2018)), which… |
| 21-906 |
Klickitat County, Washington, et al. v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
boundary-dispute congressional-act congressional-authority indian-reservation land-disposition ninth-circuit-error statutory-interpretation treaty-interpretation |
1. Whether, or in what circumstances, a court may override an Act of Congress adopting a boundary for an Indian reservation, and set its own boundary.… |
| 21-6589 |
Lamont Guinyard v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes a defendant's possession of a firearm or ammunition, is unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's … |
| 21-775 |
Thomas Edward Rubin v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
cancellation-of-debt congressional-authority debt-cancellation due-process income-recognition ninth-circuit summary-judgment tax tax-law |
Did the Ninth Circuit err when, disregarding the precedential cases in the Ninth Circuit, in sister circuits, and in this Court, it disallowed a taxpa… |
| 21-380 |
Chad Everet Brackeen, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (5) |
adoption-preferences child-custody child-placement congress-authority congressional-authority federalism indian-child-welfare-act racial-discrimination state-law state-sovereignty |
1. Whether ICWA's placement preferences —
which disfavor non-Indian adoptive families in child placement proceedings involving an "Indian child"
and … |
| 20-1530 |
West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-05-04 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (8)Relisted (4) |
administrative-law clean-air-act congressional-authority congressional-power energy-policy environmental-protection-agency environmental-regulation epa-authority federalism separation-of-powers |
In 42 U.S.C. § 7411(d), an ancillary provision of the Clean Air Act, did Congress constitutionally authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to is… |
| 20-7910 |
Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-i-section-8-clause-10 congress-authority congressional-authority constitutional-interpretation felony-jurisdiction high-seas international-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law statelessness universal-jurisdiction vessel-status |
I. Whether Congress's authority to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas is unconstrained by Article I, § 8, cl. 10 to the United Stat… |
| 20-571 |
Yoel Weisshaus v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
Second Circuit |
2020-10-30 |
Denied |
|
commerce-clause congressional-authority dormant-commerce-clause legal-tender pleading-standards price-fixing state-regulation |
1. When Congress exercises authority under the Commerce Clause, whether a negative impact to that act of Congress is actionable within the parameters … |
| 20-303 |
United States v. Jose Luis Vaello Madero |
First Circuit |
2020-09-09 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (31)Relisted (6) |
civil-rights congressional-authority due-process equal-protection federal-benefits fifth-amendment puerto-rico statutory-interpretation supplemental-security-income territorial-rights |
Whether Congress violated the equal-protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment by establishing Supplemental Security Income… |
| 19-1369 |
TRUMPF, Inc. v. CSI Worldwide, Inc. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-303 bankruptcy-law-11-usc-303 bankruptcy-standing congress-authority congressional-authority court-procedure involuntary-bankruptcy judicial-estoppel judicial-overreach judicial-usurpation jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements separation-of-powers standing standing-requirements |
Whether it is unconstitutional and impermissible for a court to usurp Congress' authority by reducing the strict standing and jurisdictional requireme… |
| 19-8626 |
In Re Thomas Reid DeCarlo |
|
2020-06-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
checks-and-balances civil-rights congressional-accountability congressional-authority constitutional-violations due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-jurisdiction separation-of-powers supreme-court-authority |
1) Do Citizens who have been injured by an Act of Congress that has been enacted in Violation of the Commands of the Constitution have a Right to be a… |
| 19-841 |
United States House of Representatives v. Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3) |
affordable-care-act article-iii article-iii-standing congress-power congressional-authority constitutional-challenge severability standing tax-provision taxation |
In National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. 519 (2012), this Court upheld 26 U.S.C. 5000A, a provision of the Affordable Care… |
| 19-6038 |
Clayton Paul Bateman v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights color-of-law colorable-authority congressional-authority due-process forum-challenge forum-procedures jurisdiction jurisdictional-standing procedural-due-process standing state-authority state-sovereignty |
1. What standing does a person have before a forum of a non-sovereign State, with no act of the United States Congress delineating jurisdictional auth… |
| 18-9444 |
Gregory Greer v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
GVR |
IFP |
922(g) 924(a)(2) commerce-clause congressional-authority criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez |
1. 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… |
| 18-8059 |
Christopher David Simmons v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power second-amendment |
In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States; does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18… |
| 18-7602 |
Percy Elwayne Demerson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power statutory-interpretation |
In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States, and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess… |
| 18-743 |
White Oak Realty, LLC, et al. v. Army Corps of Engineers, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-action agency-authority chevron-deference congressional-authority federal-contracts property-rights public-projects regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-conditions |
1. Where a statute directs an agency to carry out
and pay for a federal project for public benefit
without granting express authority to regulate
priv… |
| 18-6345 |
Felix J. Bruette, Jr. v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
citizenship citizenship-act congressional-authority due-process indian-reorganization-act land-rights political-doctrine property-rights reservation-lands tribal-affiliation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty |
The Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Community was created by the Department of the.Interior in 1937.,by authority of the Indian Reorganization Act., under s… |
| 18-6282 |
Iseal Dixon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-firearms-law firearm-possession intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-5879 |
Emory Dickson Eneh v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment |
In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States; and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess… |
| 18-5762 |
Pedro Garcia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |