Felons' gun rights
Laindrell Myquail Cooper v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- The Supreme Court refused to hear Laindrell Cooper’s challenge to the federal law barring people with felony convictions from possessing firearms. It did not decide whether the law violates the Second Amendment.
- Who it affects
- The denial ends Cooper’s request for Supreme Court review, but leaves his constitutional question undecided in this case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Cooper asked whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which bars people convicted of felonies from possessing firearms, violates the Second Amendment.
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is facially unconstitutional under the Second Amendment?
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