No. 20-6046
Eric Gerard McGinnis v. United States
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference:
2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should the Second Amendment be evaluated based on text, history, and tradition instead of means-end scrutiny?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED L. Most circuits, including the Fifth Circuit below, apply a form of meansend scrutiny when evaluating challenges to a statute under the Second Amendment. Should this approach be replaced by a framework that focuses instead on the Second Amendment’s text, history, and tradition? I. Can 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) survive a analysis given that there is no historical analogue for a protective-order exception to firearms possession? i
Docket Entries
2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-15
Reply of petitioner Eric McGinnis submitted.
2021-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-15
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2020-12-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 15, 2021.
2020-12-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 16, 2020 to January 15, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-11-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 16, 2020.
2020-11-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 16, 2020 to December 16, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2020)
Attorneys
Eric McGinnis
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent