Federal gun ban for felons
Higgins v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Leonard Higgins challenged a federal law restricting firearm possession, asking whether it allows case-specific challenges or is invalid as too broad and contrary to due process.
- Who it affects
- The order ended Higgins’s request for Supreme Court review without resolving his constitutional challenge.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide those constitutional questions.
The case concerned a federal law restricting firearm possession.
Question presented
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutional in all its applications or subject to as-applied challenges? 2. If as-applied challenges are prohibited, is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially invalid because it is substantially overbroad and violates the Due Process Clause?
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