Donald Irving Hill, Jr. v. United States
SecondAmendment FourthAmendment
Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) unconstitutional under Bruen, and does the statute violate the Second Amendment as applied to nonviolent drug trafficking offenses?
1. Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen , 597 U.S. 1 (2022), because it is permanent and applies to all persons convicted of felonies? 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of “ a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year ” from possessing a firearm, violates the Second Amendment as applied to individuals with convictions for nonviolent drug trafficking offenses?