Petitions of the day
By Kate Howard
on Mar 9, 2017
Thepetitions of the dayare:
16-847
Issue:Whether the petitioners are entitled to relief from the longstanding federal statute prohibiting felons from possessing firearms, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), based on their as-applied Second Amendment claim that their criminal offenses and other particular circumstances do not warrant a firearms disqualification.
16-983
Issue:Whether, as used in 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(20)(B), the term punishable by a term of imprisonment of two years or less means capable of being punished by a term of imprisonment of two years or less, or subject to a term of imprisonment of two years or less.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Sessions v. Binderup, Binderup v. Sessions
Recommended Citation:
Kate Howard,
Petitions of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Mar. 9, 2017, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/03/petition-of-the-day-1109/