SCOTUS Gun Watch – Week of 8/17/20
With the Supreme Court in summer recess for another month and a half, more gun cases are piling up for the Court’s discussion at its Long Conference in September. Since the Court denied all the pending Second Amendment cert petitions last Term, a gun case that’s not squarely a Second Amendment challenge—like many of those below—may be the best shot for new firearms law in the near term. (Unless, of course, the recent large-capacity-magazine case making waves in the Ninth Circuit makes its way to SCOTUS this year.)
| Case | Ct. Below | Pet. Filed | Implicated Law/Issue | Status |
| Rodriguez v. San Jose | 9th Cir. | 21-Feb-20 | Warrantless search and seizure of firearms under Second & Fourth Amendments | distributed for 29-Sept-20 conf. |
| Johnson v. United States | 4th. Cir. | 12-Jun-20 | Vagueness challenge to the Armed Career Criminal Act’s elements clause | distributed for 29-Sept-20 conf. |
| Zoie v Nebraska | Neb. Sup. Ct. | 22-June-20
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Second and Sixth Amendment challenge to jury-less conviction that can result in gun disqualifer for juveniles | response filed |
| Caniglia v. Strom | 1st Cir. | 10-Aug-20 | Fourth Amendment challenge to gun removal | response due 14-Sep-20 |