Daniel James Caldwell v. Texas for the Protection of Jennifer Zimmerman
DueProcess
Whether a lifetime, nationwide restraining order permanently revoking Second Amendment rights without judicial findings of probable cause violates constitutional due process and right to bear arms
1. Whether a lifetime, nationwide restraining order permanently revoking Second Amendment rights without judicial findings of probable cause for a civil or criminal offense, and without exceptions for time, place, or military service, violates constitutional guarantees of due process, and of the right to bear arms. 2. Whether such an order is void ab initio when signed by a retired former judge who, under Texas Constitution Article 16, Section 1, no longer legally held any state or judicial office. 3. Whether mandamus and habeas corpus relief is warranted to vacate an unconstitutional restraint imposed without lawful authority or evidentiary basis. 4. Whether Petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated by ineffective assistance of appointed counsel in a