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25-6715 Cristian Chaverra Moreno v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending Response WaivedIFP congressional-power constitutional-interpretation define-and-punish-clause high-seas international-jurisdiction maritime-law Under the Define and Punish Clause and the Founders' understanding of sea zones, does Congress have the authority to punish felonies that occur in ano…
25-833 Duane Letroy Berry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-14 Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived civil-commitment congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-procedure due-process federal-custody Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4246(a) exceeds the constitutional limits of Congress's powers insofar as it permits the federal government to civilly commit a pe…
25-6270 Jhon Henry Alvarado-Valencia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power criminal-prosecution drug-enforcement extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-waters maritime-law Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 of the United States Constitution empowers Congress "[t]o define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the hig…
25-518 Canna Provisions, Inc., et al., v. Pamela J. Bondi, Attorney General First Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived commerce-clause congressional-power economic-activity interstate-commerce marijuana-regulation rational-basis Petitioners brought this case to challenge the validity of the Court's ruling in Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005), that Congress may prohibit the …
25-5584 Virgilio Valencia-Gamboa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power criminal-jurisdiction define-and-punish-clause extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-law maritime-drug-law Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 of the United States Constitution empowers Congress "[t]o define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the hig…
25-5506 Carlos Daniel Canario-Vilomar v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power define-and-punish-clause extraterritorial-jurisdiction high-seas-enforcement international-law maritime-drug-law 1. Are Congress's powers under the Define and Punish Clause inherently limited by international law? 2. Does 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1)(C) of the Mariti…
25-5248 In Re Quay Phipps 2025-07-31 Denied IFP article-i-powers congressional-power constitutional-interpretation habeas-corpus subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-amendment 1. Is petitioner entitled to immediate relief, including habeas corpus, due to the government's lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Article I, S…
24A1124 Corrigan Clay v. United States Third Circuit 2025-05-21 Presumed Complete congressional-power extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause interstate-commerce missouri-v-holland treaty-power Whether Congress's authority under the Foreign Commerce Clause and the treaty power extends to criminalizing entirely extraterritorial, noncommercial …
24-6731 Emmanuel Antione Hemphill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits felon-in-possession firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause .
24-6713 Elmer Alexis Montano Fuentes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce state-jurisdiction I. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm solely because it crossed state lines at some point before it came into the def…
24-940 Timothy L. Blixseth v. Montana Department of Revenue Ninth Circuit 2025-03-03 Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy-law circuit-split congressional-power eleventh-amendment involuntary-bankruptcy sovereign-immunity Whether the Eleventh Amendment prevents Congress from authorizing citizens to collect damages against states that force citizens into bankruptcy with …
24A673 Dessie Andrews v. Alma Adams, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-01-10 Presumed Complete article-iii congressional-power due-process sovereign-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified.
24A653 James R. McHenry, III, Acting Attorney General, et al. v. Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-12-31 Denied Amici (17) beneficial-ownership commerce-clause congressional-power financial-crimes necessary-and-proper universal-injunction Question not identified.
24-6177 Jhonathan Alfonso v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP congressional-power criminal-enforcement exclusive-economic-zone high-seas maritime-law territorial-jurisdiction Whether Congress's Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 power "[t]o define and punish ... Felonies committed on the high Seas" authorizes the United States…
24-6103 Christopher Gonzales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law felony-prohibition firearms-possession second-amendment 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on the possession of firearms by all felons violate the Second Amendment on its face and as applied to Go…
24-6082 Rhobashi Holmes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power constitutional-rights felony-restrictions firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face, because it is pe…
24-5814 John Russell Howald v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits hate-crime sexual-orientation Whether the Hate Crime Prevention Act as codified in 18 U.S.C. 249(a)(2), which prohibits the willful bodily injury to a person with the use of a fire…
24-5763 David Earl Boyd v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-power federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation L. Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2252A exceed Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials — such a…
24-386 B. M. v. United States, et al. Armed Forces 2024-10-07 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (3) article-iii-standing congressional-power court-martial judicial-review military-privilege victim-rights 1. Whether the CAAF may prudentially apply Article III limits on judicial power despite its obligation to review cases in accordance with a law enacte…
24-5419 Jonathan Fitzpatrick Koen v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-power federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 exceeds Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials — such as a cell phon…
23-7662 Felix Olivas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-power felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.…
23-7648 Jennifer Dupree, et al. v. Pamela Owens, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment ada congress-abrogation congressional-power eleventh-amendment retaliation sovereign-immunity title-v 1. Did the Eleventh Circuit err in holding that the 11th Amendment precluded Petitioners' retaliation claims under Title V of the ADA?
23-7462 Michael Davis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1958 channels-and-instrumentalities channels-of-interstate-commerce commerce-clause congressional-power instrumentalities-of-interstate-commerce interstate-commerce intrastate-activity murder-for-hire police-powers Whether an indictment chargi ng murder-for-hi re in violation of 18 USC § 1958 by intrastate use of cellphones and an automobi le exceeds the proper l…
23-7451 Hector Patricio Galvan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment congressional-power criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment on its face or as applied in this case? 2. Does the mere movement of a firearm from one st…
23-7125 Alberto Jimenez Pastrana v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.…
23-6798 Qaya Mikel Gordon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power constitutional-authority due-process indian-affairs major-crimes-act native-nations tribal-sovereignty trust-obligations 1. Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Constitution by enacting the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. §1153, as applied to crimes committed by…
23-6665 Ole Hougen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP badges-of-slavery bodily-injury civil-rights congressional-power criminal-law federal-criminal-law federalism hate-crimes race-discrimination thirteenth-amendment Whether Congress's power to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment's prohibition on slavery and involuntary servitude authorizes Congress to criminalize ass…
23-6520 Gary Von Bennett v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power federal-authority federal-criminal-law firearm-regulation firearms-regulation interstate-commerce scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) should be construed to require a more substantial connection to interstate commerce than the mere passage of a firearm acros…
23-300 ATM Shafiqul Khalid v. Microsoft Corporation Ninth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1985 congressional-power constitutional-rights copyright-clause exclusive-right fourteenth-amendment inventor-protection patent-clause patent-ownership sherman-act statutory-interpretation 1. Whether "the exclusive Right" in inventions as written in the Constitution is a fundamental Right or Constitutional privilege separate from common …
23-279 Couy Griffin v. New Mexico, ex rel. Marco White, et al. New Mexico 2023-09-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 14th-amendment civil-rights congress congressional-power constitutional-interpretation due-process enforcement first-amendment fourteenth-amendment insurrection judicial-authority standing I. Whether Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution exclusively reserves the power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment,…
23-5511 Jay F. Elhage v. United States Second Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers federal-prosecution federalism legislative-authority state-prosecution Whether, despite years of Commerce Clause jurisprudence, the Court should now hold that Congress has no authority to criminally punish under the Comme…
22-6854 Xavier Sims v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedential-authority scarborough-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez 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. 5…
22-779 Jeffrey Wills Lusk, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Dorothy Jean Ross Lusk, Deceased v. Alsata Salimatu Lamin, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1985-3 civil-rights class-based-animus congressional-power conspiracy constitutional-law discrimination discriminatory-intent federal-jurisdiction state-action statutory-interpretation Should a conspiracy motivated by invidiously discrim inatory intent other than racial bias be actionable un der 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3), the possibility o…
22-6607 Billy Joe Wolfe, Jr. v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa congress-power congressional-power constitutional-law due-process federal-courts indian-affairs subject-matter-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation treaty-rights (1) Whether the time of filing limitations of Antiterrorism Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) were intended by Congress to prevent consideration of …
22-5713 In Re Roy Allen Nichols 2022-09-29 Denied IFP article-iv article-vi commerce-clause congressional-power constitution-cession constitutional-interpretation enumerated-powers federal-lands legislative-jurisdiction morality-legislation 1). Which Article in the U.S.. Constitution specifically provides for cession of lands from any of the several 50 Union States to the United States? …
22-5306 Micky Rife v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-i article-i-powers congress congressional-power constitution constitutional-interpretation criminal-penalties necessary-and-proper-clause treaty treaty-enforcement Does the Necessary and Proper Clause contained within Article I of the Constitution provide an independent basis for Congress to create criminal penal…
21-8272 Robert Edward Guerra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
21-1593 Robert L. Schulz, et al. v. United States Congress District of Columbia 2022-06-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) congress congressional-power constitution-power-liberty constitutional-petitioning electoral-process federal-law first-amendment first-amendment-petition judicial-proceedings jurisdiction presidential-electors 1. Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals has sanc tioned a "lack of jurisdiction " decision by the District Court that has so far departed from the Consti…
21-1556 Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance, Inc., et al. v. Zhang Jingrong, et al. Second Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied commerce-clause congress-authority congressional-power federal-jurisdiction freedom-of-access-to-clinic-entrances-act intimidation lopez-morrison-test places-of-worship religious-worship statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether 42 U.S.C. § 248(a)(2), the section of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act that prohibits intimidation and other wrongful acts agains…
21-1354 Bast Amron LLP v. United States Trustee Region 21 Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-18 GVR bankruptcy-administrator bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-trustee bankruptcy-uniformity chapter-11-bankruptcy congressional-power constitutional-interpretation fee-disparity judicial-districts Whether the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Bankruptcy Clause by increasing quarterly fees solely in U.S. Trustee …
21-7529 Jesse Dean Mince v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
21-1198 Robert Dexter Weir, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied Response Waived congressional-power extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause foreign-flagged-vessels foreign-nationals high-seas piracy-clause united-states-constitution Whether congress's power to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas extends to conduct committed by foreign nationals on a foreign-flagg…
21-1124 National Postal Policy Council, et al. v. Postal Regulatory Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2022-02-16 Denied administrative-agency congressional-delegation congressional-power nondelegation-doctrine postal-accountability-and-enhancement-act postal-rate-setting regulatory-commission statutory-requirements Congress has long established the legal requirements for the postal rate-setting system, a quintessentially legislative task with vast and important p…
21-6722 Daniel Dario Trevino v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power controlled-substances-act due-process federalism interstate-commerce legal-landscape marijuana-regulation medical-marijuana standing-akimbo state-legalization SHOULD THIS COURT RECONSIDER ITS DECISION IN GONZALES AND DETERMINE THAT CONGRESS CANNOT REGULATE SOLELY INTRASTATE MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTION DUE TO THE …
21-823 Abdulla Nagi Naser Daifullah v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response Waived citizenship-revocation civil-procedure congressional-power denaturalization due-process good-cause-affidavit jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement naturalization naturalization-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1451(a)'s requirement that the United States Attorney for the respective district institute proceedings is a jurisdictional require…
21-5958 Aaron Christopher Pleasant v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-regulation federal-power firearms statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
21-5455 Emmanuel Granados v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power firearms firearms-regulation statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a fire arm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
21-5244 Burudi Jarade Faison v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-jurisprudence congressional-power constitutional-interpretation federal-sentencing firearm-possession overrule precedent scarborough-v-us tenth-amendment us-v-lopez If the current precedent case law for commerce jurisprudence, i.e, U.S. Lopez 514 US 549, conflicts with another currently applied case decision, i.e,…
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…
20-7301 Bernandino Gawala Bolatete v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment article-i congress-power-to-tax congressional-power criminal-law criminal-punishment firearms-regulation national-firearms-act suppressor-registration taxation-clause tenth-amendment Petitioner was convicted under 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871, sections of the National Firearms Act that impose criminal penalties of up to 10 years' …
20-6345 Thomas Reid DeCarlo v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights congressional-power constitutional-interpretation constitutional-supremacy due-process federal-constitution judicial-review legislative-acts legislative-process separation-of-powers Question not identified.
19-8606 Robert D. Thorson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-power criminal-statute due-process first-amendment free-speech intimate-images privacy-rights standing takings 1) MAY CONGRESS ENACT BROAD AND SWEEPING STATUTES TO PROHIBIT THE PRODUCTION AND POSSESSION OF PERSONAL IMAGES OF INTIMATE AND LAWFUL CONDUCT WITHOUT …
19-7778 James William Hill, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Amici (1)IFP bias-motivated-assault civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law due-process federal-crime federal-jurisdiction hate-crimes hate-crimes-act hate-crimes-prevention-act jurisdictional-prong statutory-interpretation The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, 18 U.S.C. § 249, criminalizes, among other things, assaults based on the …
19-7754 Erik Leonardus Peeters v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-safeguards extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause jurisdictional-limits non-commercial-conduct non-economic-conduct police-power united-states-v-al-maliki united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-morrison Does 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c)'s regulation of noncommercial, non-economic conduct of American citizens outside the United States exceed Congress's Foreign …
19-7486 Michael Lindsay v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2423c commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-safeguards due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-regulation foreign-commerce foreign-commerce-clause non-commercial-conduct police-power united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-morrison This Court has well-settled that the Commerce Clause gives Congress no general police power over non-commercial, non-economic conduct. See United Stat…
19-6938 Gabriel Garcia-Solar v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP congress-power congressional-power constitutional-interpretation extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause felony-definition foreign-nationals high-seas maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act nexus-requirement nexus-to-us sentencing-discretion 1. Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70503 et. sec., which criminalizes foreign drug trafficking offenses committed aboard ve…
19-6711 Luciano Diaz-Contreras v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-power felon-in-possession firearms firearms-possession statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
19-6039 Camilo Andres Landazuri Vargas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied IFP congress-powers-limits congressional-power criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment foreign-national international-law international-waters jurisdiction jurisdictional-element maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution WHETHER THE PROSECUTION OF MR. VARGAS - AN ECUADORIAN NATIONAL WITH NO TIES TO THE UNITED STATES — FOR TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN INTERNATIO…
19-5943 In Re Nathan Wayne Smith 2019-09-16 Denied IFP antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act congressional-power constitutional-convention constitutional-limitations federal-criminal-statutes habeas-corpus subject-matter-jurisdiction suspension-clause Whether habeas corpus relief in this Court is warranted on the claims the federal criminal statutes charged in the district court below are unconstitu…
19-304 Ranger American of the V.I., Inc., et al. v. Frederick J. Balboni, Jr. Virgin Islands 2019-09-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bill-of-rights congressional-power due-process equal-protection federal-legislation federal-statute guam-v-guerrero judicial-interpretation kepner-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent territorial-courts territorial-law Is the Virgin Islands Supreme Court bound by this Court's Equal Protection decisions where Congress explicitly applied the Equal Protection Clause to …
19-5685 Larry Brandon Moore v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-i bill-drafting congress-authority congressional-power constitution-article-1 constitutional-interpretation law-making-authority legislative-delegation positive-law prior-laws statutory-codification third-party-codification title-18 title-18-usc Does Article I of the U.S. Constitution confer on Congress such authority as to have enacted 62 Stat 683 et seq into positive law thereby enacting, sp…
19-5567 Delores Neely v. Georgia Department of Human Resources Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 amendment-xiv-section-5 civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1871 congressional-power constitutional-immunity constitutional-provisions eleventh-amendment federal-courts fourteenth-amendment sovereign-immunity state-sovereignty 1. Can Congress abrogate a State 's immunity from being sued in Federal court without its consent, under authority granted to Congress by the Fourte…
19-5166 Henry Vazquez Valois v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power congressional-powers criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process enumerated-powers extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-national international-law international-waters maritime-law Whether the prosecution of Mr. Vazquez Valois — a Colombian national with no ties to the United States — for trafficking cocaine in international wate…
19-5094 In Re Donna Sneller 2019-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii article-iii-courts civil-rights congress congressional-power constitutional-interpretation due-process government-structure judicial-jurisdiction judicial-power jurisdiction legislative-power separation-of-powers standing supreme-court tribunals Can the Congress only create tribunals inferior to the Article III section 1 one supreme Court? Is there, within the phrase "The Supreme Court and al…
18-877 Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-08 Judgment Issued Amici (20)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 14th-amendment article-i-power congress congressional-power constitutional-law copyright copyright-infringement copyright-remedy-clarification-act federal-power federal-remedies federal-statute intellectual-property sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity Whether Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity via the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act, Pub. L. No. 101-553, 104 Stat. 2749 (1990), in…
18-7088 Oscar Raul Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
18-6854 Matthew Lane Durham v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power enumerated-powers extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause jurisdictional-limits minor-protection noncommercial-activity noneconomic-activity sexual-acts sexual-conduct statutory-interpretation Did Congress exceed its enumerated powers under the Foreign Commerce Clause by punishing noncommercial, noneconomic sexual acts committed by a U.S. ci…
18-6771 Johny Gardner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
18-6712 Bryan Marque Gilstrap v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism preemption state-rights state-sovereignty Whether the case should be held in light of any case establishing limitations on Congressional power to criminalize areas of traditional state respons…
18-6248 Antonio Mercedes-Rijo v. United States First Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power criminal-procedure define-and-punish-clause drug-trafficking due-process federal-jurisdiction high-seas mitigating-role sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-3b1.2 statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Whether the Petitioner's Mitigating Role Should of Been Adjusted In Accordance With The United States Sentencing Guidelines § 3B1.2 Whether Congress …
18-5541 Darren Kyle Stepp-Zafft v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-penalty due-process firearms-regulation national-firearms-act nfa-firearms right-to-bear-arms second-amendment tax taxation united-states-constitution Is 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) a valid exercise of Congress's power to tax?
18-5363 Reynaldo Rendon, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-clause state-lines Whether the Interstate Commerce Clause authorizes Congress to criminalize the possession of every firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any tim…
18-5385 Lee Curtis Bell, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law enumerated-powers federalism judicial-review preemption state-responsibility state-rights I. Whether the case should be held in light of any case establishing limitations on Congressional power to criminalize areas of traditional state resp…