Gun rights after nonviolent convictions
Meyer v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Justin Meyer asks the Supreme Court to consider whether people with felony convictions can challenge the federal law barring them from possessing guns under the Second Amendment, and whether that challenge should succeed for someone whose prior convictions were nonviolent.
- Who it affects
- The denial ended Meyer’s request for Supreme Court review but did not decide either question in his case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Meyer framed his questions around the Supreme Court’s decisions in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen and United States v. Rahimi.
Question presented
1. Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). 2. If so, whether under the Bruen/Rahimi methodology, the Second Amendment is unconstitutional as applied to a defendant like Petitioner with only non-violent priors.
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