Richard Joseph Price, Petitioner v. United States

Richard Joseph Price has asked the Supreme Court to review a federal gun case from the Eighth Circuit. He wants the Court to decide whether a defendant can bring an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and whether that law's lifetime firearm ban for people with prior felony convictions is constitutional.

The case is still at the petition stage, with a certiorari (the Court's decision to hear a case) request on file. No oral argument is scheduled, and no substantive justice or advocate reactions are available yet.

The case could affect people with felony records who are charged under the federal law that bars them from possessing firearms. For example, it could shape whether such a defendant may argue that the Second Amendment protects him in his own situation.

Price asks whether a defendant may argue that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied to him. He also challenges the law's lifetime firearm ban for people with felony convictions.

People with prior felony convictions charged under the federal gun ban could be affected most directly. Federal courts and prosecutors also could get new guidance on Second Amendment challenges.

The justices must first decide whether to grant certiorari, meaning whether to hear the case. No oral argument is scheduled, and no decision window is available yet.