historical-analysis
8 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6598 | Ashley Moore v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-01-15 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-rahimi-test commerce-clause firearms-regulation historical-analysis probation-status second-amendment | 1. Whether an individual's probation or supervised release status categorically strips them of Second Amendment protection under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)… |
| 25-5828 | Joshua Devon Barrow v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-10-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-rahimi-test commerce-clause firearms-regulation historical-analysis probation-status second-amendment | 1. Whether an individual's probation or supervised release status categorically strips them of Second Amendment protection under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)… |
| 24-1155 | Melynda Vincent v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General | Tenth Circuit | 2025-05-12 | Pending | Amici (2)Relisted (7) | circuit-split constitutional-challenge firearm-disarmament historical-analysis nonviolent-felony second-amendment | Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm Petitioner Melynda Vincent, who has one seventeen-year-old nonviolent… |
| 24-6427 | Jose Paz Medina-Cantu v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-01-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge criminal-prosecution gun-rights historical-analysis second-amendment statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether courts must conduct a historical analysis to decide a Second Amendment challenge to a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5). 2. Whether … |
| 24-782 | Bob Jacobson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety v. Kristin Worth, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2025-01-23 | Denied | age-restriction constitutional-rights firearms-regulation historical-analysis public-carry second-amendment | Minnesota allows young people significant access to firearms. Young people can use guns under the supervision of an adult at any age, and they can u… | |
| 24-93 | Christopher Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police v. Madison M. Lara, et al. | Third Circuit | 2024-07-30 | GVR | 2nd-amendment age-restrictions civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process firearms-law founding-era gun-rights historical-analysis historical-evidence rahimi second-amendment | Do firearms laws that restrict the rights of 18-to-20-year-olds comply with the Second Amendment? | |
| 23-7787 | Enrique Martinez-Flores v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | almendarez-torres apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-enhancement criminal-procedure historical-analysis notice-clause prior-conviction-exception recidivism sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-notice-clause | L Can the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical practic… |
| 23-910 | Ivan Antonyuk, et al. v. Steven G. James, In His Official Capacity as Acting Superintendent of New York State Police, et al. | Second Circuit | 2024-02-22 | GVR | Amici (6)Relisted (2) | 2nd-amendment bruen-decision civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process gun-rights historical-analysis judicial-review original-meaning second-amendment standing temporal-analysis | 1. Whether the proper historical time period for ascertaining the Second Amendment's original meaning is 1791, rather than 1868; and 2. Whether "the … |