| 25-6453 |
Rai Martinez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-30 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction felonies-clause foreign-nationals high-seas vessel-nationality |
Whether 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1)(C) exceeds Congress's authority under the Felonies Clause by authorizing the United States to exercise criminal jurisd… |
| 25-30 |
Marvin Keith Stitt v. City of Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2025-07-09 |
Denied |
|
congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure indian-country indian-law tribal-sovereignty |
Whether a state may exercise criminal jurisdiction over an Indian for conduct in Indian country absent a valid congressional grant of authority. |
| 24-1287 |
Learning Resources, Inc., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-06-17 |
Pending |
Amici (12)Relisted (2) |
congressional-authority economic-regulation executive-power international-emergency-economic-powers-act tariff-policy trade-law |
Whether IEEPA authorizes the President to impose tariffs |
| 24-5836 |
Steven Hadley Hassan v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-authority due-process fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation |
Does the U.S. Constitution authorize Congress to transfer lawmaking authority to the U.S. Sentencing Commission? |
| 23-7706 |
Tia Pugh v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-obedience-act civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority due-process first-amendment interstate-commerce legislative-vagueness standing vagueness |
Did Pugh's prosecution under the Civil Obedience Act exceed Congress' authority to legislate interstate and foreign commerce? |
| 23-7060 |
Marcus D. Ford v. David Buss, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure indian-civil-rights-act indian-territory oklahoma organic-act state-law tribal-sovereignty |
Did Congress establish state laws or certain general laws for Indian Territory Oklahoma? |
| 23-6896 |
Anthony Rimas v. United States |
First Circuit |
2024-03-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-2256 28-usc-994 congressional-authority law-enforcement-undercover minor minor-definition sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation u.s.c.-interpretation undercover-law-enforcement |
Has the Sentencing Commission overstepped its congressional authority? |
| 23-6873 |
Darrin Lynn Pickens v. David Buss, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
arkansas-law civil-rights-act congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-lands indian-territory oklahoma organic-act tribal-sovereignty |
Did Congress pass the Organic act for Oklahoma on May 2,1890, to establish State laws, or did Congress pass Certain general laws of Arkansas on May 2 … |
| 23-5815 |
Emily Claire Hari v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute free-exercise jurisdictional-element non-economic |
Whether the 'jurisdictional element' contained within 18 U.S.C. § 247, standing alone, serves to authorize congressional enactment of a criminal statu… |
| 22-7754 |
Maurice Hunt v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-06-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights commerce-clause commercial-sex-acts congressional-authority constitutional-review criminal-liability due-process harmless-error sex-acts statutory-interpretation supervisory-authority supervisory-power |
Whether Congress Lacked Congressional Authority Under The Commerce Clause |
| 22-7276 |
Antonio Demond Baker v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-922 18-usc-924 commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits felon-in-possession police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-6507 |
In Re Michael Kenny Carter |
|
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
a.e.d.p.a. aedpa civil-rights congressional-authority due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus innocence innocence-claim procedural-barrier writ-suspension |
Is the A.E.D.P.A. second or successive provision unconstitutionally suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, as applied to incarcerated individuals wh… |
| 22-6422 |
Richard Bernard Nichols v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-6314 |
Ramiro Leal v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-6151 |
Demon Reese v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-6047 |
Juan Teran v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-11-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 22-5918 |
Tommy Allen Dickenson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation |
Whether Congress exceeded its authority in enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) |
| 21-7599 |
Neil Timothy Aho v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority due-process enumerated-powers federalism necessary-and-proper-clause statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-amendment |
Whether Section 2252 of Title 18 of the United States Code is void ab initio and no law at all on the ground Congress has no authority to enact the St… |
| 21-1123 |
William K. Harrington, United States Trustee, Region 2 v. Clinton Nurseries, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
2022-02-14 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law judicial-districts quarterly-fees uniform-laws |
Whether Section 1004(a) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 contravened Congress's constitutional authority to establish uniform laws on the subje… |
| 21-1078 |
Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-02-04 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
bankruptcy-act bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-interpretation judicial-districts quarterly-fees uniform-laws |
Whether Section 1004(a) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 contravened Congress's constitutional authority to establish uniform laws on the bankr… |
| 21-906 |
Klickitat County, Washington, et al. v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
boundary-dispute congressional-act congressional-authority indian-reservation land-disposition ninth-circuit-error statutory-interpretation treaty-interpretation |
Whether a court may override an Act of Congress adopting a boundary for an Indian reservation |
| 21-6589 |
Lamont Guinyard v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-12-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause |
| 21-775 |
Thomas Edward Rubin v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
cancellation-of-debt congressional-authority debt-cancellation due-process income-recognition ninth-circuit summary-judgment tax tax-law |
Did the Ninth Circuit err in disallowing a taxpayer from recognizing cancellation-of-debt income |
| 21-380 |
Chad Everet Brackeen, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (5) |
adoption-preferences child-custody child-placement congress-authority congressional-authority federalism indian-child-welfare-act racial-discrimination state-law state-sovereignty |
Whether ICWA's placement preferences violate the U.S. Constitution by disadvantaging non-Indian adoptive families on the basis of race |
| 20-1530 |
West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2021-05-04 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (8)Relisted (4) |
administrative-law clean-air-act congressional-authority congressional-power energy-policy environmental-protection-agency environmental-regulation epa-authority federalism separation-of-powers |
Did Congress constitutionally authorize the EPA to issue significant rules without limits under the Clean Air Act? |
| 20-7910 |
Johvanny Aybar-Ulloa v. United States |
First Circuit |
2021-05-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-i-section-8-clause-10 congress-authority congressional-authority constitutional-interpretation felony-jurisdiction high-seas international-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law statelessness universal-jurisdiction vessel-status |
Whether Congress's authority to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas is unconstrained by Article I, § 8, cl. 10 to the United States … |
| 20-571 |
Yoel Weisshaus v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
Second Circuit |
2020-10-30 |
Denied |
|
commerce-clause congressional-authority dormant-commerce-clause legal-tender pleading-standards price-fixing state-regulation |
When Congress exercises authority under the Commerce Clause, whether a negative impact to that act of Congress is actionable within the parameters of … |
| 20-303 |
United States v. Jose Luis Vaello Madero |
First Circuit |
2020-09-09 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (31)Relisted (6) |
civil-rights congressional-authority due-process equal-protection federal-benefits fifth-amendment puerto-rico statutory-interpretation supplemental-security-income territorial-rights |
Whether Congress violated the equal-protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment |
| 19-1369 |
TRUMPF, Inc. v. CSI Worldwide, Inc. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-303 bankruptcy-law-11-usc-303 bankruptcy-standing congress-authority congressional-authority court-procedure involuntary-bankruptcy judicial-estoppel judicial-overreach judicial-usurpation jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements separation-of-powers standing standing-requirements |
Whether it is unconstitutional and impermissible for a court to usurp Congress' authority by reducing the strict standing and jurisdictional requireme… |
| 19-8626 |
In Re Thomas Reid DeCarlo |
|
2020-06-05 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
checks-and-balances civil-rights congressional-accountability congressional-authority constitutional-violations due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-jurisdiction separation-of-powers supreme-court-authority |
Whether Congress and the Executive Branch have exceeded their constitutional authority and violated the system of checks and balances |
| 19-841 |
United States House of Representatives v. Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (3) |
affordable-care-act article-iii article-iii-standing congress-power congressional-authority constitutional-challenge severability standing tax-provision taxation |
Whether the individual and state plaintiffs (respondents here) possess Article III standing to challenge the constitutionality of Section 5000A |
| 19-6038 |
Clayton Paul Bateman v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
2019-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights color-of-law colorable-authority congressional-authority due-process forum-challenge forum-procedures jurisdiction jurisdictional-standing procedural-due-process standing state-authority state-sovereignty |
Whether a person has standing before a non-sovereign state forum with no act of the U.S. Congress delineating jurisdictional authority over such perso… |
| 18-9444 |
Gregory Greer v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-05-28 |
GVR |
IFP |
922(g) 924(a)(2) commerce-clause congressional-authority criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez |
whether-congress-may-criminalize-intrastate-firearm-possession |
| 18-8059 |
Christopher David Simmons v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power second-amendment |
Does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceed Congress's authority to regulate under the Commerce … |
| 18-7602 |
Percy Elwayne Demerson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power statutory-interpretation |
Does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceed Congress's authority to regulate under the Commerce … |
| 18-743 |
White Oak Realty, LLC, et al. v. Army Corps of Engineers, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
agency-action agency-authority chevron-deference congressional-authority federal-contracts property-rights public-projects regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-conditions |
Where a statute directs an agency to carry out and pay for a federal project for public benefit without granting express authority to regulate private… |
| 18-6345 |
Felix J. Bruette, Jr. v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
citizenship citizenship-act congressional-authority due-process indian-reorganization-act land-rights political-doctrine property-rights reservation-lands tribal-affiliation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty |
What legal Historical standing does the Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Community claim to convey the lands and rights of a historical Tribe in the State of… |
| 18-6282 |
Iseal Dixon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-firearms-law firearm-possession intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-5879 |
Emory Dickson Eneh v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment |
Does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceed Congress's authority to regulate under the Commerce … |
| 18-5762 |
Pedro Garcia v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-24 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |