No. 24-7354

Seth Stewart v. City of American Fork, Utah

Lower Court: Utah
Docketed: 2025-06-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial stare-decisis
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Latest Conference: 2025-12-05 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether stare decisis can be invoked to undermine constitutional guarantees when interpreting the Constitution

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

In Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U.S. 83 (2020), this Court held: “stare decisis has never been treated as “an inexorable command. ” And the doctrine is “at its weakest when we interpret the Constitution ” because a mistaken judicial interpretation of that supreme law is often “practically impossible ” to correct through other means. ” 1. Do courts therefore err when they assert stare decisis as binding? Is there an explicit constitutional basis for the doctrine of binding stare decisis, especially when used to undermine constitutional guarantees such as rights to liberty and property and the presumption of innocence, as when it is invoked to deny a defendant a jury trial contrary to State and Federal Constitutions? 2. Does classifying a charge as an 'infraction' or other designation, or perceived ambiguity in the treatment of a case as criminal or civil (or any other heading such as an “administrative ” proceeding) allow for bypassing jurisdiction, procedural safeguards, and constitutional guarantees such as the right to a jury trial? 3. Under what constitutional authority can a state mandate the confiscation of property or compel the purchase of securities or other commodities, in a manner that contravenes enumerated taxation and regulatory powers and the due process clauses of both State and Federal Constitutions, and furthermore contradicts the principles underlying a State Constitution ’s provision safeguarding free market operations? 2

Docket Entries

2025-12-08
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-10-27
Petitioner complied with order of October 6, 2025.
2025-10-06
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until October 27, 2025, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
2025-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2024-10-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 7, 2025)

Attorneys

Seth Stewart
Seth Stewart — Petitioner