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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6717 | Alaa Elkharwily v. Kaiser Permanente, et al. | Washington | 2026-02-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review constitutional-limits due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-sanctions pro-se-litigation | 1- UNCONSTITUTIONALLY BIASED ADJUDICATION (RULE OF NECESSITY/ SELF-INTEREST): Did the state appellate court violate the Due Process Clause of the Fo… |
| 25A842 | Church of the Gardens, et al. v. Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2026-01-22 | Denied | appellate-review article-iii constitutional-limits judicial-power status-quo subject-matter-jurisdiction | Question not identified. | |
| 25-6644 | James Daniel Arbaugh v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-01-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-limits criminal-prosecution foreign-commerce-clause international-law territorial-jurisdiction treaty-power | Has America become so great that it need not consider due process, comity among nations, follow international law, or fulfill its treaty obligations? … |
| 25-833 | Duane Letroy Berry v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-01-14 | Pending | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived | civil-commitment congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-procedure due-process federal-custody | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4246(a) exceeds the constitutional limits of Congress's powers insofar as it permits the federal government to civilly commit a pe… |
| 25-6041 | Kaleb Layne Nix v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-11-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifi… |
| 25-465 | Timothy Barton v. Securities and Exchange Commission | Fifth Circuit | 2025-10-16 | Denied | Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | asset-seizure constitutional-limits due-process equitable-relief fifth-circuit securities-law | The United States Government brought parallel crim-inal and civil enforcement actions against Petitioner Tim-othy Barton, alleging violations of the s… |
| 25-5860 | Robert Matthew Bowman v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-10-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) authorizes conviction upon proof that a phone containing child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspeci… |
| 25-5644 | Derrick Murphy v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2025-09-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-limits federal-authority missouri-v-holland necessary-and-proper-clause state-prerogatives treaty-power | In 2014 the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional as applied §229, criminal provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act.(See Bond … |
| 25-213 | Atlas Turner, Inc. v. Donna B. Welch, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Melvin G. Welch, Deceased, et al. | South Carolina | 2025-08-21 | Denied | Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | constitutional-limits due-process in-rem-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction state-court territorial-boundaries | The U.S. Constitution imposes due-process limits on the jurisdiction of state and federal courts. Those limits differ depending on the type of jurisdi… |
| 25-5306 | In Re Alexander Kawleski | 2025-08-08 | Denied | IFP | aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce | 1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich , 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits desig… | |
| 25-5139 | In Re Michael Stevens | 2025-07-17 | Denied | IFP | aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce | 1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich , 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits desig… | |
| 24-7453 | In Re Curtis Baldwin | 2025-06-17 | Denied | IFP | aggregate-effects child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-prosecution interstate-commerce | 1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich , 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits designa… | |
| 24-7408 | In Re Stephen Brewer | 2025-06-12 | Denied | IFP | aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce | 1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich, 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits designat… | |
| 24-7328 | In Re William Hopmeier | 2025-05-30 | Denied | IFP | aggregate-effects commerce-clause constitutional-limits fair-notice federal-prosecution interstate-commerce | 1. Does the "Aggregate Effects" doctrine under Gonzales v Raich , 545 US 1 (2005) expand federal prosecution powers beyond the original limits desig… | |
| 24-7226 | John Adams v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-05-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-limits federal-authority missouri-v-holland state-prerogatives trafficking-victims-protection-act treaty-implementation | 1. Do the constitutional structural limits on federal authority impose constraints on the scope of Congress authority to enact legislation to implemen… |
| 24-6731 | Emmanuel Antione Hemphill v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-03-10 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits felon-in-possession firearm-possession statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause . |
| 24-901 | Kaeun Kim v. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | Third Circuit | 2025-02-20 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | constitutional-limits due-process judicial-bias mandamus obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-immunity | 1. Whether the Third Circuit erred in denying the Petition for Writ of Mandamus despite compelling evidence of judicial bias, obstruction of justice, … |
| 24-6586 | Landon Hank Black v. Tennessee | Tennessee | 2025-02-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7)IFP | burden-of-proof constitutional-limits criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions second-degree-murder | 1. The defendant was convicted of second-degree murder after he shot a man who approached him aggressively in a parking lot. This factual situation pr… |
| 24-5814 | John Russell Howald v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-10-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bodily-injury commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits hate-crime sexual-orientation | Whether the Hate Crime Prevention Act as codified in 18 U.S.C. 249(a)(2), which prohibits the willful bodily injury to a person with the use of a fire… |
| 24-5626 | Julio Reynaldo Rivera v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-09-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-sanctions federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifi… |
| 23-7696 | Rit Tran v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie… |
| 23-7662 | Felix Olivas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-power felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.… |
| 23-7125 | Alberto Jimenez Pastrana v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-04-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.… |
| 23-1058 | Robert L. Schulz, et al. v. New York, et al. | New York | 2024-03-27 | Denied | Response Waived | buffalo-bills constitutional-limits erie-county municipal-expenditure new-york-state-constitution public-funds public-funds-private-use republican-form-of-government stadium-construction stadium-financing state-constitutional-law | Whether defendant New York State officials violated Petitioners' federal Right to a republican form of government, secured to them by Article IV, Sect… |
| 23-819 | Allstates Refractory Contractors, LLC v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2024-01-30 | Denied | Amici (8)Relisted (5) | administrative-law article-i commerce-clause constitutional-limits delegation-of-authority delegation-of-power major-questions-doctrine osha statutory-interpretation workplace-safety | Whether Congress's delegation of authority to write "reasonably necessary or appropriate" workplace-safety standards violates Article I of the U.S. Co… |
| 23-6285 | Kenneth Paiva v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-12-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation legislative-power statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause . |
| 23-6100 | Joseph Eugene Dix v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-11-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce interstate-travel statutory-interpretation | (1) Federal law makes it a crime for a person with a prior felony conviction to "possess ... affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition." 18 U.S.C.… |
| 23-5960 | Brandon Keith Wright v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-11-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie… |
| 23-171 | Chris Quinn, et al. v. Washington, et al. | Washington | 2023-08-23 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) | commerce-clause constitutional-limits dormant-commerce-clause due-process excise-tax extraterritorial-taxation federalism interstate-commerce property-rights state-taxation | Whether the Constitution permits a state to tax out-of-state transactions involving only out-of-state property. |
| 23-5265 | Mark Alan Miller v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-08-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie… |
| 22-7684 | Christopher Darnell Douglas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-06-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie… |
| 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 | L. Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? I. Whet… |
| 22-880 | Ohio v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2023-03-14 | Denied | Amici (3) | american-rescue-plan constitutional-limits covid-19 covid-relief federal-spending-clause intergovernmental-immunity jurisdictional-challenge spending-clause state-sovereignty state-standing tax-mandate | The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the American economy. In response, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which offered $195 billion i… |
| 22-730 | Michael Rop, et al. v. Federal Housing Finance Agency, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2023-02-06 | Denied | acting-director acting-officials appointments-clause constitutional-limits executive-power federal-housing-finance-agency presidential-powers principal-officer senate-confirmation separation-of-powers | In August 2009, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency resigned. The Senate did not confirm a successor for over four years. In the meanti… | |
| 22-6469 | In Re Kenneth Crawford, Jr. | 2023-01-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bill-of-rights civil-rights constitution constitutional-limits due-process enumerated-powers federal-government jurisdictional-elements legislative-power legislative-powers territorial-jurisdiction | 1. Does the Constitution for the United States of America limit the federal government and define the powers of the legislature? Do the enumeration of… | |
| 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, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 22-6420 | Rodney Deangelo Jordan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-12-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power felon-possession firearms-regulation police-power statutory-interpretation | Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 22-579 | Jeanie Bisconte v. Sandia National Laboratories, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2022-12-22 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights constitutional-limits employment-discrimination enclave-clause federal-enclave federal-jurisdiction federal-property jurisdiction jurisdictional-scope tenth-amendment u.s-constitution | Whether this Court should limit the reach of federal enclave jurisdiction in an employment discrimination case in which Petitioner and the individual … |
| 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, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 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, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 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, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 22-5919 | Devonta Doyle v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-10-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-criminalization fourth-circuit hobbs-act interstate-commerce local-crime morrison-v-united-states united-states-v-lopez | 1. Whether Fourth Circuit precedent, which is consistent with precedent from all other Circuits, holding that an intrastate robbery's de minimis effec… |
| 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, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 22-5876 | Surprise Emmanuel Carter v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-10-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bond-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-authority felon-in-possession felon-possession national-federation-v-sebelius police-power statutory-interpretation substantial-effect | Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 22-5373 | Berenice Del Angel v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-08-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-limits fourth-amendment law-enforcement rodriguez scope-of-detention seizure traffic-stop warrantless-detention | Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits a police officer from continuing his warrantless detention of a motorist after the officer has announced that h… |
| 21-8272 | Robert Edward Guerra v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-06-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation | Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 21-8060 | Darrell Cordell Williams v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-06-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-authority constitutional-limits federal-power felon-in-possession firearms-regulation police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? |
| 21-7848 | Martin Ibarra-Ozuna v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-05-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | collective-knowledge-doctrine constitutional-limits law-enforcement officer-request pretext-stops probable-cause reasonable-suspicion united-states-v-hensley vehicle-stop whiteley-v-warden | A. When officers who have probable cause for an arrest or vehicle stop request another officer to take only a particular, limited action, does the "co… |
| 21-7529 | Jesse Dean Mince v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-04-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution | Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 21-1294 | David H. Penny v. Nancy Pelosi, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2022-03-25 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights constitutional-limits first-amendment free-speech impeachment impeachment-power justiciability legislative-standing political-question-doctrine standing subject-matter-jurisdiction | Does a citizen constituent of a duly elected President have the possibility of filing a complaint with standing, subject matter jurisdiction, and just… |
| 21-7339 | Robert Donald Gordon v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction constitutional-limits due-process federal-state-powers fifth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-counsel jurisdiction procedural-default standing | 1. Did the United States and lower courts act outside of their Constitutionally limited subject matter and/or territorial jurisdictions by adjudicatin… |
| 21-966 | New York, et al. v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. | Second Circuit | 2022-01-06 | Denied | 10th-amendment 16th-amendment article-1-section-8 constitutional-limits federal-taxation federalism-principles legislative-power sovereign-authority state-sovereignty state-taxes tax-deduction tax-policy | Whether Congress's imposition of a $10,000 cap on the SALT deduction violates Article I, Section 8 and the Tenth and Sixteenth Amendments of the Unite… | |
| 21-6768 | Emanuel E. Goines, Jr. v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-01-06 | Denied | Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation | (1) Federal law makes it a crime for a person with a prior felony conviction to "possess . . . affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition." 18 U.S.… |
| 21-6517 | Mark Stinson v. K. Cauley, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2021-12-07 | Denied | Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP | 5th-amendment 8th-amendment administrative-segregation civil-rights constitutional-limits due-process fifth-amendment inmate-rights prison-administration | What limits the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment places on the authority of prison administrators to remove inmates from the general prison p… |
| 21-6158 | Delilah Colarte v. Florida | Florida | 2021-11-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 4th-amendment constitutional-limits fourth-amendment passenger-identification rodriguez-limits rodriguez-v-united-states seizure-duration traffic-stop warrant-check | 1. Whether the "mission" of a routine traffic stop includes law enforcement requiring passengers in the vehicle to identify themselves, and to run che… |
| 21-591 | Donald J. Fowler v. Securities and Exchange Commission | Second Circuit | 2021-10-22 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-penalties civil-penalty civil-procedure constitutional-limits disgorgement excessive-penalties private-agreement sec-enforcement statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction | 1. Where 28 U.S.C. § 2462 provides in relevant part that, "[e]xcept as otherwise provided by Act of Congress, an action, suit or proceeding for the en… |
| 21-6032 | Charles Francis Hurt v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Fifth Circuit | 2021-10-20 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-rights constitutional-limits district-court due-process federal-procedure federal-rules judicial-precedent jurisdiction prosecutorial-authority standing territorial-court territorial-jurisdiction | Whether the United States district court can prosecute a defendant outside the limited jurisdiction provided to a territorial court in direct contrave… |
| 21-5958 | Aaron Christopher Pleasant v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-10-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-regulation federal-power firearms statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause. |
| 21-335 | Stephen A. Begani v. United States | Armed Forces | 2021-09-02 | Denied | active-duty article-iii-courts civilian-crimes constitutional-limits court-martial due-process military-jurisdiction retired-servicemembers | When, if ever, does the Constitution permit the court-martial of retired servicemembers for offenses committed after their discharge from active duty? | |
| 21-5455 | Emmanuel Granados v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-08-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power firearms firearms-regulation statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a fire arm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause. |
| 20-1215 | North American Meat Institute v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-03 | Granted | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse Waived | agricultural-regulation animal-welfare commerce-clause constitutional-limits dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-regulation interstate-commerce preemption state-police-power | Whether the Constitution permits California to extend its police power beyond its territorial borders by banning the sale of wholesome pork and veal p… |
| 20-7253 | Nancy Cole v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-25 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-statutes due-process fifth-amendment mandatory-minimum mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation strict-liability | 1. Whether the knowingly mens rea in the federal drug statutes, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 960, applies to the elements of drug type and quantity that establis… |
| 20-850 | Big Time Vapes, Incorporated, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2020-12-28 | Denied | Amici (2) | administrative-discretion administrative-law constitutional-limits executive-authority executive-power legislative-authority legislative-delegation non-delegation-doctrine separation-of-powers tobacco-control-act tobacco-product-regulation | Whether Petitioners have stated a claim that § 387a(b) grants excessive policymaking discretion to the executive branch to determine which tobacco pro… |
| 20-6151 | Thomas Mario Costanzo v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-10-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | case-by-case-inquiry commerce-clause constitutional-limits constitutional-reach facilities-used-for-interstate-transactions interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element lopez-precedent transaction-analysis | In United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), this Court held that a federal statute's interstate commerce "jurisdictional element" can prevent the … |
| 20-327 | BBB Industries, LLC v. Cardone Industries, Inc. | Texas | 2020-09-11 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-procedure constitutional-limits due-process forum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction state-court supplemental-jurisdiction texas | Under the Due Process Clause, courts may exercise specific personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants only when the plaintiff's claim arises f… |
| 20-266 | Bradley Bieganski v. Arizona | Arizona | 2020-09-02 | Denied | Response Waived | affirmative-defense burden-of-proof child-molestation constitutional-limits criminal-statute due-process presumption-of-innocence sexual-intent | Whether Arizona's molestation statute -- which presumes that anyone, including parents and foster parents like Petitioner, who bathe or diaper their c… |
| 19-8789 | Susana E. Verduzco v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-06-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-limits due-process executive-power federalism immigration-status obstruction-of-justice racial-discrimination state-sovereignty | I. Do the U.S. Constitution and federal law(s) grant Mr.'s Donald Trump and William Barr, the absolute power to order, allow or strong-arm a state to … |
| 19-1275 | Angel Luis Thomas, Sr. v. Tyree C. Blocker, et al. | Third Circuit | 2020-05-08 | Denied | Response Waived | 14th-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-mandate federal-state-relations fourteenth-amendment sex-offender-registration state-jurisdiction | 1. Does the Commerce Clause empower Congress to impose "Registry requirements for sex offenders," 34 U.S.C. § 20918, directly upon an individual convi… |
| 19-7494 | Ricky Lynn Thomas v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-01-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 34-usc-20913(d) constitutional-limits executive-branch gundy gundy-precedent legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation | (1) Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) i… |
| 19-6711 | Luciano Diaz-Contreras v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-11-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-power felon-in-possession firearms firearms-possession statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution | Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause? |
| 19-6100 | Melvyn Perry Sprowson, Jr. v. Nevada | Nevada | 2019-10-01 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | ashcroft-v-free-speech-coalition child-pornography constitutional-limits facial-challenge first-amendment free-speech new-york-v-ferber obscenity obscenity-standards overbreadth sexual-abuse state-regulation | Nevada defines "child pornography" to include any depiction of a minor that "appeals to a shameful or morbid interest in the sexuality of the minor an… |
| 19-6076 | Tamela M. Lee v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-09-26 | Denied | IFP | constituent-contacts constitutional-limits criminal-conviction federal-officials government-contact hobbs-act honest-services mcdonnell-v-united-states municipal-officials official-act | After McDonnell v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2355, 2372 (2016), can a county official constitutionally be convicted of Honest Services and Hobbs Act v… |
| 19-5313 | Thomas Arthur Kahlow v. Florida | Florida | 2019-07-24 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 14th-amendment capital-punishment constitutional-limits due-process excessive-punishment federal-statutes fourteenth-amendment indefinite-imprisonment life-imprisonment state-constitutional-law state-governments | WHETHER THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION'S FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT IS DENIED BY FLORIDA'S IMPOSITION OF A CAP… |
| 18-8787 | Oliver Douce Al-Dey v. City of New York, New York | New York | 2019-04-11 | Denied | IFP | article-iii-court article-iv-court civil-procedure constitution constitutional-limits courts due-process judicial-authority jurisdiction jurisdiction-boundaries standing | Whether a court of general jurisdiction is authorized to extend its jurisdiction, beyond the boundaries fixed there for by the Constitution, into geog… |
| 18-8366 | Anthony Eudean Woollis v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-03-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-sanctions due-process federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifi… |
| 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 | In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States; does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18… |
| 18-1067 | Ambac Assurance Corporation v. U.S. Bank National Association | Minnesota | 2019-02-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | constitutional-limits due-process forum-state in-rem-jurisdiction minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction trust trust-law trustee trustee-presence | Whether a court may exercise in rem jurisdiction over a trust where the trust's primary, tangible assets are located outside of the forum State; the t… |
| 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 | In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States, and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess… |
| 18-924 | Michael Antonio Bullock v. North Carolina | North Carolina | 2019-01-16 | Denied | Response Waived | 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-limits due-process fourth-amendment mission-scope police-conduct police-investigation reasonable-duration rodriguez-v-united-states traffic-stop | Under Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1609 (2015), a police officer may not prolong a traffic stop beyond the time required to complete the mis… |
| 18-7352 | Giovanni Ellis v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits due-process federal-firearms-law federal-regulation firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce 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 … |
| 18-7108 | Timothy Gene Pryer v. Thomas Gardner, III | Mississippi | 2018-12-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-limits criminal-acts due-process judicial-discretion judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct sovereign-immunity standing takings | Does the Constitution grant judges jurisdiction to commit criminal acts by way of judicial decisions? Does the Constitution support absolute immunity… |
| 18-7088 | Oscar Raul Mora v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-12-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause. |
| 18-740 | Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alwi v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. | District of Columbia | 2018-12-11 | Denied | Relisted (5) | armed-conflict authorization-for-use-of-military-force constitutional-limits detention detention-authority due-process enemy-combatant guantanamo-bay habeas-corpus law-of-war military-detention | In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507, 520 (2004), this Court understood the Authorization for Use of Military Force to include implicit authority to det… |
| 18-6900 | Jacob Scott Watters v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2018-12-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law predicate-offense relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-law visual-depictions | As written, and by the actual language used in the Statute, is 18 U.S.C. §2251(a) in excess of Congress' Powers under the Commerce Clause to. regulate… |
| 18-6712 | Bryan Marque Gilstrap v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-11-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism preemption state-rights state-sovereignty | Whether the case should be held in light of any case establishing limitations on Congressional power to criminalize areas of traditional state respons… |
| 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 … |
| 18-6006 | Gerson Gonzalez Tovar v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-09-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions criminal-statute due-process interstate-commerce plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materia ls used to produce child pornog raphy once crosse d state lines at an unspeci… |
| 18-5882 | Daniel Vela v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-09-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation | In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States, and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess… |
| 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 | In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States; and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess… |
| 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 … |
| 18-192 | J. B. R. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-08-14 | Denied | age-of-criminal-responsibility constitutional-limits constitutional-punishment criminal-prosecution death-penalty due-process first-degree-murder juvenile-justice juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders life-imprisonment prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation statutory-punishment | Whether the Due Process Clause forbids the Government from prosecuting an individual who was a juvenile at the time of the crime under a statute that … | |
| 18-161 | Detroit International Bridge Company, Inc., et al. v. Department of State, et al. | District of Columbia | 2018-08-07 | Dismissed | civil-rights due-process international-agreements separation-of-powers standing ' non-delegation' compact-clause congress-power constitutional-delegation constitutional-limits delegation-of-power executive-agency foreign-power intelligible-principle state-compact state-foreign-power | 1. Whether Congress may delegate to an Executive Agency the duty the Constitution expressly assigns to Congress to decide whether to "Consent" to an… | |
| 18-5444 | Kenyan Deon Buchanan v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-08-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | commerce-clause commerce-clause-limits commerce-clause-limits,criminal-law,federal-power, constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez | I. This Court and individual Justices have increasingly explained that Congress's power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize conduct otherwise fal… |
| 18-5304 | Raymond Sanchez Lopez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-07-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process interstate-commerce plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana | I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2252A(5)(B) authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an uns… |