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United States, Petitioner v. Charles Hembree vs. Katherine Novotny, et al., Petitioners v. Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland, et al. vs. Lester Landrum, Petitioner v. United States

Gun Rights cases on the Supreme Court docket, side by side.

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Shared issue
Gun Rights
Why compared
Reviewed Gun Rights tags connect these current-term public cases.

Questions presented

United States, Petitioner v. Charles Hembree
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, violates the Second Amendment as applied to respondent.
Katherine Novotny, et al., Petitioners v. Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland, et al.
Whether Maryland’s numerous prohibitions on carrying firearms in many places frequented by the general public violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments?
Lester Landrum, Petitioner v. United States
1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment on its face or as applied to Petitioner? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceed Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause on its face or as applied to Petitioner’s intrastate possession of a firearm?

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