historical-interpretation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A351 James Anthony Brian Morelock v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-26 Presumed Complete categorical-approach certiorari-petition circuit-split founding-era-practice historical-interpretation legal-doctrine Whether a circuit split exists regarding the proper categorical approach to interpreting a specific legal doctrine based on Founding-era historical pr…
24-795 Ivan Antonyuk, et al. v. Steven G. James, In His Official Capacity as the Superintendent of the New York State Police, et al. Second Circuit 2025-01-27 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (2) concealed-carry gun-rights historical-interpretation moral-character second-amendment state-regulation Whether the proper historical time period for ascertaining the Second Amendment's original meaning as applied to the states is 1791, rather than 1868,…