historical-tradition
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6884 | Abdullahi Said Ali v. City of Portland, Oregon | Oregon | 2026-02-24 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | affirmative-defense constitutional-rights firearm-regulation historical-tradition licensing-regime second-amendment | Does a city ordinance that prohibits carrying a loaded firearm in public, but permits a defendant to raise an affirmative defense that the defendant h… |
| 25-6817 | Gerald Kemondre Taylor v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-02-13 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights firearm-regulation historical-tradition machinegun-conversion second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether a handgun affixed with a machinegun conversion device constitute s an "arm" under the Se cond Amendment' s plain text, thus requiring the gove… |
| 25-6490 | Gary Crawford v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2026-01-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split constitutional-interpretation felony-regulation firearms-possession historical-tradition second-amendment | I. Consistent with the Second Amendment, may Congress bar all felons from possessing firearms under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), as five circuit courts have… |
| 25A759 | Abdullah Said Ali v. City of Portland, Oregon | Oregon | 2025-12-31 | Application | concealed-carry firearm-regulation historical-tradition loaded-weapon municipal-ordinance second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 25A738 | Gerald Kemondre Taylor v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-12-22 | Application | arms-bearing-conduct bruen-test burden-of-proof historical-tradition machinegun-ban second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 25-6369 | Donnell S. Durham v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-12-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-test constitutional-scrutiny felony-ban firearms-possession historical-tradition second-amendment | Is the lifetime ban for possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), facially unconstitutional under New York State Rifle &… |
| 25A537 | Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. v. Vera Cooper, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-11-07 | Application | controlled-substances dangerous-persons firearm-possession historical-tradition medical-marijuana second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 25-6055 | Tamori Morgan v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-11-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | arms-classification constitutional-interpretation firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment statutory-prohibition | Whether a handgun and handheld pistol that fire automatically constitute "arms" under the Second Amendment's plain text, thus requiring the government… |
| 25A395 | Travis Schlotterbeck v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-10-06 | Presumed Complete | bruen-test circuit-split firearm-possession historical-tradition non-violent-felony second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 25-5722 | Isaiah Kahlil Wise v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-09-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge felon-disarmament firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment | Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any time thereafte… |
| 25-5721 | Jacob Joshad Robinson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-09-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | as-applied-challenge criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment | Whether courts should analyze as-applied Second Amendment challenges to 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) by examining whether historical tradition supports perman… |
| 25-5510 | Monte Barry v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-08-29 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | as-applied-challenge constitutional-interpretation felon-possession firearm-restriction historical-tradition second-amendment | Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any time thereafte… |
| 25-5485 | Taylor Dan Truex v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-08-27 | Denied | Relisted (4)IFP | constitutional-interpretation criminal-conviction firearm-prohibition historical-tradition second-amendment statutory-analysis | Below, petitioner challenged the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a fi… |
| 25-5420 | Perry Jaquan Jackson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2025-08-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bruen-test constitutional-scrutiny felony-ban firearm-possession historical-tradition 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 under New York St… |
| 25A192 | Hal Taylor, Secretary, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency v. Jonathan Singleton, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-08-15 | Presumed Complete | begging-laws first-amendment founding-era free-speech historical-tradition speech-categories | Whether begging is protected speech under the First Amendment. | |
| 25-184 | Deamonte Law v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-08-15 | Denied | as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-review firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment | This Court's decisions in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), require our di… | |
| 25-5318 | Deago Lee Eddings v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-08-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | as-applied-challenge constitutional-interpretation felon-possession firearm-restriction historical-tradition second-amendment | Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any time thereafte… |
| 25-5303 | Jae Michael Bernard v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-08-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | firearm-prohibition gun-rights historical-tradition misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether a permanent lifetime prohibition for a misdemeanor conviction, which was adopted by Congress in 1994 and codified in 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) and… |
| 25A123 | Steven Duarte v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-07-29 | Presumed Complete | bruen-framework felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition historical-tradition nonviolent-offender second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 25A21 | Deago Lee Eddings v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-07-08 | Presumed Complete | disarmament firearm-possession historical-tradition predicate-crime second-amendment supervised-release | Question not identified. | |
| 24A1267 | Deamonte Law v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-06-23 | Presumed Complete | 922(g)(1) bruen-test firearm-possession historical-tradition second-amendment supervised-release | Question not identified. | |
| 24A1003 | Christopher Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police v. Madison M. Lara, et al. | Third Circuit | 2025-04-18 | Presumed Complete | age-restrictions constitutional-challenge firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment state-emergency | 1. This case involves a Second Amendment challenge to provisions of Pennsylvania law which prohibit under-21-year-olds from openly carrying firearms w… | |
| 24A881 | Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range | Third Circuit | 2025-03-13 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-rights-restoration felon-disarmament firearm-prohibition historical-tradition rahimi second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 24-968 | Diontai Moore v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-03-11 | Denied | as-applied-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition historical-tradition second-amendment supervised-release | In 2021, intruders tried to break into the house where Diontai Moore was living with his fiancée and her three children. Terrified, his fiancée took h… | |
| 24-6262 | Darris Lamar Mull v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights due-process felon-in-possession firearm-ban historical-tradition second-amendment | Was Mr. Mulls convictions of 922(g)(1) as a felon-in-possession of firearms violations of his Second Amendment Rights because: (A) A LIFETIME FEDERAL… |
| 24A633 | Diontai Moore v. United States | Third Circuit | 2024-12-27 | Presumed Complete | bruen firearm-possession gun-control historical-tradition second-amendment supervised-release | Question not identified. | |
| 24A600 | Jose Paz Medina-Cantu v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-12-18 | Presumed Complete | aliens-unlawfully-present bruen firearm-possession historical-tradition rahimi second-amendment | Whether a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A) for possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully in the United States infringes on the Second A… | |
| 24A443 | Deion Shawn Hester v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-11-04 | Presumed Complete | bruen commerce-clause felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 23A1058 | Ocean State Tactical, LLC, dba Big Bear Hunting and Fishing Supply, et al v. Rhode Island, et al. | First Circuit | 2024-05-30 | Presumed Complete | arms-regulation bruen-test historical-tradition large-capacity-magazine second-amendment self-defense | Whether Rhode Island's Large Capacity Feeding Device Ban Act of 2022, which criminalizes the possession of ammunition feeding devices capable of holdi… | |
| 23A980 | Christopher Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police v. Madison M. Lara, et al. | Third Circuit | 2024-05-02 | Presumed Complete | age-restriction bruen-test concealed-carry firearms-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 23-878 | Javier Herrera v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2024-02-14 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (7) | 2nd-amendment arms-protection civil-rights due-process free-speech historical-tradition second-amendment self-defense semiautomatic-rifles standard-magazines standing takings | Whether semiautomatic rifles and standard handgun and rifle magazines do not count as "Arms" within the ordinary meaning of the Second Amendment's pla… |
| 23A140 | Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range | Third Circuit | 2023-08-17 | Presumed Complete | 18-USC-922g constitutional-rights felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition second-amendment | Question not identified. | |
| 23-5360 | Gregory Lynn McCoy v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-08-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment constitutional-interpretation felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition individual-rights lifetime-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether the felon-in-possession of a firearm statute, which did not exist in 1791, and which applies to all felonies and provides for a life-time ban,… |
| 22-7757 | Samuel Lee Morrison v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-06-12 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 2nd-amendment bruen bruen-standard constitutional-law federal-criminal-statutes federal-statute gun-rights historical-tradition jurisdiction second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022). |