Federal power over gun possession
Antunez-Galarza v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Pedro Antunez-Galarza asked the Supreme Court to review whether a federal law barring people with felony convictions from possessing firearms exceeds Congress’s power over interstate commerce, including when the possession occurs within one state.
- Who it affects
- The Supreme Court did not decide Antunez-Galarza's challenge or rule on the law's constitutionality in his case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear his case (denied the petition), so it did not decide that question.
The federal law bars people with felony convictions from possessing firearms; Antunez-Galarza questioned Congress's power over interstate commerce to apply it to possession within one state.
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause, facially and as applied to intrastate firearm possession?
Documents
Docket activity
New analysis added
AI analysis generated: Case Briefing
AI analysis generated: Decision Record
Case data updated: summary, question_presented, generation_metadata
Case data updated: question_presented, extraction_metadata
Show 1 moreShow fewer
Brief added: Petition
Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.