Gun rights after felony convictions
Ferdinand v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Lamont Ferdinand filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to review whether the federal law barring firearm possession by people with convictions punishable by more than a year in prison violates the Second Amendment as applied to him.
- What's at stake
- Ferdinand's challenge asks whether this federal firearm ban can constitutionally be applied to him; the Supreme Court has not resolved that question.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
He argues that courts need guidance on challenges to the law after the Court’s decision in Bruen.
Ferdinand's petition says courts have struggled to apply the Supreme Court's 2022 Bruen ruling to the federal firearm ban.
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of “a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year” from possessing a firearm, violates the Second Amendment as applied to Petitioner?
What happens next
The Supreme Court must decide whether to hear the petition. No oral argument or decision date is set.
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