No. 24-6063
Benjamin Tyree Townsel v. United States
Tags: commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment
SecondAmendment
Latest Conference:
2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibiting firearm possession by persons with prior criminal convictions violates the Second Amendment and exceeds Congressional Commerce Clause authority
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, violates the Second Amendment. Il. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional as applied to Mr. Townsel’s intrastate possession of a firearm. i
Docket Entries
2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-12
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-11-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 2, 2025)
2024-10-18
Application (24A371) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 28, 2024.
2024-10-16
Application (24A371) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 29, 2024 to November 29, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Benjamin Townsel
Meghan Collins — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Meghan Collins — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent