state-sovereignty

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25-146 Mohammad Nauman Chaudhri, Mohammad Rehan Chaudhri, & Zahida Aman v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied Response Waived criminal-law federalism legislative-intent plain-meaning state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation When applying the plain language of a broadly worded federal criminal statue would intrude on an area historically left to the states, must a court ap…
25-120 Mark Gustafson, Individually and as Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estate of James Robert ("J.R.") Gustafson, et al. v. Springfield, Inc., dba Springfield Armory, et al. Pennsylvania 2025-07-31 Denied federalism gun-manufacturers interstate-commerce legislative-action state-sovereignty tenth-amendment Where Congress in the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), Pet.App.2 76a-287a (15 U.S.C. §§ 7901−7903 ), commanded judges to dismiss cer…
24-1120 Ohio, ex rel. Dave Yost, Attorney General of Ohio v. Rover Pipeline, LLC, et al. Ohio 2025-04-29 Denied certification-waiver clean-water-act federal-licensing natural-gas-act state-sovereignty water-quality-laws To start the States' waiver timeframe under 33 U.S.C. §1341(a)(1), must an applicant submit a valid certification request that satisfies applicable le…
24-6955 In Re Dexter Leemon Johnson 2025-04-10 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction legal-existence state-sovereignty tribal-rights Whether Oklahoma's legal existence and jurisdictional status can be challenged under U.S. Constitutional precedent as a separate and potentially inval…
24-6868 In Re James Eric Mansfield 2025-03-27 Denied IFP antiterrorism-act evidentiary-law federal-court habeas-corpus state-sovereignty tenth-amendment Whether a federal court violates the Tenth Amendment by commandeering state evidentiary law and adding a heightened provision for the admissibility of…
24-796 Missouri, et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-27 Denied Amici (3) constitutional-interpretation federal-courts judicial-review standing state-sovereignty tenth-amendment Can federal courts second-guess a State's 'reason' for exercising Tenth Amendment authority?
24-778 Billie Smith, et al. v. Tara Medina, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-01-23 Denied constitutional-conditions judicial-review permit-requirements property-rights state-sovereignty tenth-amendment Whether federal judges violate the Tenth Amendment by obliterating Colorado law without finding it unconstitutional
24A599 Gregory Lala, Chairman, Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission, et al. v. Tesla, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-12-18 Presumed Complete administrative-law constitutional-challenge due-process federalism regulatory-board state-sovereignty Whether the Due Process Clause prohibits state regulatory boards from including industry representatives when there is no evidence of actual bias or p…
24-516 Kathrine Ann Detwiler, Gary Robert Krum, and Elaine M. Barnhart v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-11-06 Denied Response Waived cdc-recommendations federal-funding public-health-regulation school-board-authority state-sovereignty tenth-amendment Is it constitutionally permissible for a local school board to implement CDC health recommendations as mandatory rules using federal funding condition…
24A259 Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-09-12 Presumed Complete federal-grants fiscal-recovery spending-clause state-sovereignty statutory-conditions tax-policy Whether the Spending Clause permits Congress to impose conditions on federal grants that restrict a state's ability to modify its tax policy through a…
24A213 Oklahoma, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-08-27 Presumed Complete administrative-law clean-air-act environmental-authority epa-regulation regulatory-overreach state-sovereignty Whether the EPA exceeded its statutory authority under the Clean Air Act in promulgating regulations that impose substantial burdens on states' enviro…
24-5005 Daniel Scott Robinson v. Supreme Court of Hawaii Hawaii 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-majority best-interest best-interests burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge due-process family-law federal-funding state-sovereignty How can a state enact 'best interest' laws in family courts when it has abandoned jurisdiction and sovereignty by accepting federal grant funding?
23A1150 Lindsey Gremont, et al. v. Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-25 Presumed Complete article-iii-standing election-administration election-infrastructure federal-interference judicial-redress state-sovereignty Whether voters have Article III standing to challenge alleged federal interference in state election administration and seek judicial redress for ille…
23-7318 Michael P. Crenshaw v. Illinois Illinois 2024-04-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process equal-protection executive-power individual-rights intellectual-disability judicial-review separation-of-powers state-sovereignty Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who was intellectually disabled at th…
23-6945 Ronnie Cornell Cosby v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federalism government-restrictions interstate-travel public-purpose state-sovereignty travel Whether a state statute criminalizing travel in commerce or imposing an improper travel tax is unconstitutional
23-943 Samuel T. Russell v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied 11th-amendment civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation due-process eleventh-amendment judicial-tradition matthew-15-6 state-sovereignty Is it a civil right for citizens to complain against their own state?
23A758 Rachael Eubanks, in Her Personal Capacity, et al. v. Dennis O'Connor Sixth Circuit 2024-02-20 Presumed Complete administrative-law certiorari michigan procedural-review sixth-circuit state-sovereignty Whether the Sixth Circuit's ruling on state administrative procedures violates principles of state sovereignty or federal administrative law
23-829 City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, et al. v. Deer Creek Water Corporation Tenth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied Response Waived 1926(b) 82-o.s.-1324.35 civil-procedure federal-obligations oklahoma-law private-corporation standing state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation waiver Whether a private corporation may waive State sovereignty without the permission of the State
23A502 Department of Treasury, et al. v. West Virginia, By and Through Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General of the State of West Virginia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-01 Presumed Complete congressional-conditions federal-grants fiscal-recovery-funds spending-clause state-sovereignty tax-offset Whether the offset provision in the American Rescue Plan Act violates the Spending Clause by imposing an unconstitutionally ambiguous condition on fed…
23-5842 Ellis Keyes v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Fifth Circuit 2023-10-20 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment citizen-protection civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process governmental-invasion governmental-powers state-sovereignty torture torture-prohibition Shall the State of Mississippi be restrained, abolished and banned from the use of torture?
23-5463 Dexter Leemon Johnson v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-08-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment bills-of-attainder due-process impartial-judge indian-territory issues-of-first-impression jurisdiction legal-standard state-sovereignty Whether Oklahoma lacks jurisdiction in Indian territory due to its status as a state being void, whether Oklahoma's prosecution of the petitioner was …
23-70 Traffic Tech, Inc., et al. v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. Eighth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied anti-waiver-statute choice-of-law constitutional-interpretation due-process employment-rights full-faith-and-credit interstate-commerce state-sovereignty Whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause and the Due Process Clause require a State, which has its own Anti-Waiver Statute, to uphold a sister State's…
23-41 Ann Marie Borges, et al. v. County of Mendocino, California Ninth Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied Response Waived cannabis-property-rights commerce-clause constitutional-amendments due-process federal-preemption federalism gonzales-v-raich property-rights stare-decisis state-sovereignty Whether the Supreme Court should revisit Gonzales v. Raich to reverse the irrebuttable presumption that all cannabis is part of interstate commerce
22-7714 George M. Lecco v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law district-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction first-step-act individual-rights state-sovereignty Whether the First Step Act of 2018 changed the jurisdictional boundaries for federal criminal prosecutions, and whether federal courts are obligated t…
22-1119 M. B. v. D. L. New Jersey 2023-05-16 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment constitutional-interpretation due-process family-law grandparent-visitation judicial-precedent legislative-authority parental-rights state-sovereignty troxel-v-granville Should this Court's decision in Troxel et vir v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000) be reversed and the issue of grandparent visitation be returned to the …
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 Do courts have jurisdiction over the States' constitutional challenges to the Tax Mandate?
22-760 William S. Wilkinson, et al. v. Board of University and School Lands of North Dakota, et al. North Dakota 2023-02-13 Denied Response Waived due-process federalism fifth-amendment just-compensation oil-and-gas oil-and-gas-interests property-rights state-ownership state-sovereignty takings takings-clause Whether the North Dakota Supreme Court erred in finding the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not require just compensation
22-570 Richard Y. Kim v. Hawaii Office of Elections, et al. Hawaii 2022-12-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process election-certification election-regulations elections federal-rules judicial-discretion state-rules state-sovereignty voting-machines If this honorable US Supreme Court determines that the Elections Office of Hawaii (EOH) failed to follow State Rules and Regulations and due process, …
22-6338 Lucas Michael McNulty-Snodgrass v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-12-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congressional-intent contraband drug-possession federal-preemption federalism jurisdictional-conflict Question not identified. separation-of-powers state-sovereignty Whether the United States Department of Justice and Federal courts have jurisdiction to prosecute illicit drug possession crimes committed solely with…
22-5631 Lonnie Kade Welsh v. Marsha McLane, Director, Texas Civil Commitment Office, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-09-20 Dismissed IFP civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process mental-health personal-liberty right-to-travel sanctuary state-sovereignty Does an individual have the right to personal security to move from a state that civilly committed him to another state to receive treatment and have …
22-43 Program Administrator of the New Hampshire Controlled Drug Prescription Health and Safety Program v. Department of Justice First Circuit 2022-07-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-subpoena anti-commandeering commandeering drug-enforcement federalism healthcare-program prescription-drug-monitoring state-data state-official state-sovereignty Whether an administrative investigative subpoena issued under 21 U.S.C. §876 to a state official commanding her to act in her official capacity to obt…
21-8167 Xue Jie He, et al. v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-17 Denied IFP 28-usc-1251 article-three civil-procedure constitution federal-jurisdiction original-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction state-sovereignty supreme-court Whether this Court has original jurisdiction over this action and personal jurisdiction over the parties pursuant to Article II Section 2. of the Cons…
21-7955 Michael Palma v. Harris County Appraisal District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bill-of-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct libel state-law state-sovereignty Do federal judges have the absolute right to ignore the laws of the State in which they sit and while doing so libel the Petitioner?
21-1384 Florida v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Amici (1) ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights discrimination due-process federal-government federalism remedies standing state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation title-ii Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act authorizes the United States to sue the states in its own name
21-7559 Vitaly Kolosha v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-04-06 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge detention-powers due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law legal-standing retroactivity state-law state-official state-sovereignty treason Whether a new SCOTUS ruling is automatically retroactive and applies to all cases
21-7424 Ismael Ruiz v. Wyoming Wyoming 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process federalism state-sovereignty supremacy-clause unconstitutional Can a State within the United States choose which federal laws and Constitutional provisions it wants to honor and which ones it does not want to comp…
21-1171 Cadillac of Naperville, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board District of Columbia 2022-02-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure comity employer-speech federalism first-amendment free-speech labor-dispute nlrb nlrb-procedure state-sovereignty Whether the Court of Appeal improperly narrowed the First Amendment protection owed employers in a labor dispute
21-997 Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. v. Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-13 Denied Amici (1) civil-procedure civil-rights declaratory-judgment federal-courts first-amendment free-speech injunctive-relief standing state-criminal-proceedings state-sovereignty younger-abstention Does Younger apply when a federal claim is derivative of a claim that could be brought in ongoing state court proceedings or does Younger also require…
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…
21-926 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. Tyrance McCall Georgia 2021-12-22 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (4) consent corporate-registration due-process forum-contacts fourteenth-amendment general-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction state-sovereignty Whether the Due Process Clause permits a state to assert personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state corporation for claims not arising from the forum …
21-608 Oklahoma v. Laurie Jean Martin Oklahoma 2021-10-26 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-6058 David James Lola v. Florida Florida 2021-10-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-judiciary fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-review legislative-review separation-of-powers sixth-amendment state-sovereignty Does due process pursuant to the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments dictate that a state court clerk may assign a criminal case to a judge who ex…
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
21-372 Oklahoma v. Charles Michael Cooper Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-322 Oklahoma v. Joseph Harjo Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-319 Oklahoma v. Nacole Ryan Bain Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-law stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-5471 Lonnie Kade Welsh v. Correct Care Recovery Solutions, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process liberty privileges-immunities pro-se-litigation property psychological-injury sexual-violent-predator state-sovereignty Does petitioner retain any rights, if so, what are they, and by what standard should they be judged?
21-248 Philip E. Berger, et al. v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-08-23 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Response WaivedRelisted (2) adequate-representation civil-procedure civil-rights discretionary-standard intervention intervention-as-of-right judicial-review litigation-intervention standard-of-review standing state-agent state-sovereignty Whether a state agent authorized by state law to defend the State's interest in litigation must overcome a presumption of adequate representation to i…
21-246 Joseph Schneider v. New York New York 2021-08-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process eavesdropping-warrant extraterritorial-jurisdiction federalism interstate-communications jurisdictional-limits state-judicial-authority state-sovereignty title-iii wiretapping Do State Judges have authority under Title III's enabling statute to issue wiretap orders beyond their state borders?
21-5007 Alphonza Leonard Phillip Thomas Bey v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment citizenship civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection racial-segregation reconstruction slavery state-sovereignty What authority of law authorized the States to abolish slave labor (held by Blacks/Colored) to our Persons of African descent, after 1865?
20-1761 Jennifer Berrier, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry v. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Third Circuit 2021-06-17 Denied compact-clause constitutional-law delaware-river-commission delaware-river-joint-toll-bridge-commission interstate-compact sovereign-authority state-sovereignty third-circuit-court-of-appeals Do compacting States, simply by creating an interstate compact, relinquish all sovereign authority over that compact entity unless expressly reserved?
20-1721 James Sawyer v. Rosemary Sawyer, et al. California 2021-06-11 Denied Response Waived child-support civil-rights conflict-of-laws due-process full-faith-and-credit modification state-sovereignty uifsa Is the right to Due Process as vested in a citizen of the United States durable, transportable, and enforceable in and between the originating and for…
20-1675 Melvin L. Phillips, Individually and as Trustee for Melvin L. Phillips, Sr., et al. v. Oneida Indian Nation Second Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived deed-validity discovery federal-courts indian-nation jurisdiction land-jurisdiction land-ownership necessary-party state-involvement state-sovereignty tax-map trust-property Can the federal court exercise jurisdiction over this case when the land is listed on a tax map and the tax rolls in the name of New York State?
20-8183 Themba Bernard Sanganza v. Warden, Allenwood FCI Third Circuit 2021-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitution-supremacy constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts federalism governmental-branches judicial-review legislative-precedence separation-of-powers state-sovereignty Does the Constitution take precedence over other forms of legislation?
20-1179 William W. Cole, Jr. v. PRN Real Estate & Investments, Ltd., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response Waived comity court-procedure federal-appellate-split federalism forum-shopping judicial-comity state-constitution state-courts state-law-certification state-sovereignty Whether this court should grant the petition to resolve a split among federal appellate courts regarding the standards for certification of state law …
20-846 Club One Casino, Inc., dba Club One Casino, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure-act federal-enclave federal-trust-acquisition indian-commerce-clause indian-reorganization-act land-transfer state-sovereignty tenth-amendment tribal-jurisdiction Does the Indian Reorganization Act unilaterally transfer state jurisdiction to the federal government and tribes?
20-324 Peter J. Barclay v. Oregon Department of Justice, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied constitutional-sovereignty federal-preemption judicial-accountability judicial-immunity stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-injunction statutory-injunctions supervisory-powers Will this Court exercise its supervisory powers against lower court judgments which expressly hold the stare decisis of this Court 'irrelevant' and wh…
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 Whether the U.S. Constitution and federal law(s) grant the Executive Branch the power to intervene in a state's legal action between citizens, overrid…
19-1279 Jake LaTurner, Kansas State Treasurer v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied abandoned-property bond-ownership bond-redemption due-process escheat escheat-power federal-law federal-preemption preemption redemption savings-bonds state-sovereignty treasury-regulations Whether States may redeem abandoned U.S. savings bonds
19-1137 Tennessee, By and Through the Tennessee General Assembly, et al. v. Department of State, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-03-17 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) coerce-state-pay-federal-program commandeer-state-funds commandeering constitutional-coercion federal-commandeering federal-government federal-program legislative-standing medicaid-funding separation-of-powers standing state-funds state-legislature state-sovereignty Whether both chambers of a state legislature have institutional standing to sue the federal government
19-1110 Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, et al. v. Boston Scientific Corporation Federal Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge due-process federal-court federal-patent-statute federal-statute patent-infringement patent-venue personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity sovereign-rights state-rights state-sovereign state-sovereignty Whether a state's sovereign right to try its causes within its borders when there is personal jurisdiction over the defendant renders unconstitutional…
19-7448 Dennis Rydbom v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex West Virginia 2020-01-28 Denied IFP Compulsory-Process Confrontation-Clause due-process Equal-Protection fourteenth-amendment-due-process fourteenth-amendment-equal-protection fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-probable-cause fourth-amendment-warrant-requirement sixth-amendment-compulsory-process sixth-amendment-confrontation state-sovereignty Questions Presented
19-7420 In Re Adrean Francis 2020-01-27 Denied IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-justice-system drug-crime due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit habeas-corpus second-amendment sentencing-enhancement state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation youthful-offender Whether the continued application of a vacated New York 'Youthful Offender' conviction constitutes an illegal sentence and creates separate classes of…
19-735 William Tong, Attorney General of Connecticut v. Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-aviation-act federal-preemption political-subdivision preemption runway-length standing standing-to-sue state-regulation state-sovereignty supremacy-clause Does a political subdivision of a State have standing to sue its creator State under the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution?
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…
19-370 Samuel D. Silva-Ramirez v. Hospital Espanol Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico, Inc., et al. Puerto Rico 2019-09-19 Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction constitutional-law due-process federal-government individual-rights puerto-rico religious-freedom state-sovereignty Is Puerto Rico under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Constitution and the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment?
19-309 John C. Carney, Governor of Delaware v. James R. Adams Third Circuit 2019-09-06 Judgment Issued Amici (20)Relisted (4) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-appointments judicial-independence judicial-qualifications judicial-selection party-affiliation political-balance political-party standing state-constitution state-sovereignty Does the First Amendment invalidate a longstanding state constitutional provision that limits judges affiliated with any one political party to no mor…
19-5567 Delores Neely v. Georgia Department of Human Resources Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 amendment-xiv-section-5 civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1871 congressional-power constitutional-immunity constitutional-provisions eleventh-amendment federal-courts fourteenth-amendment sovereign-immunity state-sovereignty Can Congress abrogate a State's immunity from being sued in Federal court without its consent, under authority granted to Congress by the Fourteenth A…
18-8791 Danny D. Bissonette v. Robert Dooley, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction double-jeopardy due-process federal-habeas federal-indian-law habeas-corpus indian-law prosecutorial-jurisdiction state-sovereignty treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Did the state court err in failing to set aside the conviction of a federally recognized tribal member living in Indian country?
18-7211 Frank M. Monte v. Joe Kessling, et al. Third Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism interstate-dispute judicial-review legal-standing original-jurisdiction standing state-sovereignty Whether a State has standing to bring an original legal action against a citizen of another State
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…
18-462 Bobbie Gunderson, et vir v. Indiana, et al. Indiana 2018-10-12 Denied Amici (4) beach-access equal-footing equal-footing-doctrine great-lakes high-water-mark land-ownership navigable-waters ordinary-high-water-mark property-rights public-rights state-boundaries state-sovereignty territorial-sovereignty union-admission Whether the newly-admitted states took title to the entire beach surrounding the Great Lakes under the federal equal-footing doctrine
18-170 John Anthony Gentry v. Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) attorney-misconduct constitutional-rights constitutional-rights-enforcement due-process federal-jurisdiction government-reform judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight republican-form republican-government sovereign-immunity state-reform state-sovereignty Whether a state's sovereign immunity is vitiated when the state government is no longer republican in character or form
18-6 Jerry Preston McNeil v. Scott Marsh, et al. Oklahoma 2018-06-29 Denied civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-sovereignty due-process federal-power federalism federalism-principles government-structure legal-remedy separation-of-powers state-jurisdiction state-sovereignty union Whether civil governments shall be restored to each of the several indestructible States of this indestructible union of American States, and sovereig…
24A325 South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism v. Google LLC Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge fourth-circuit governmental-interest irreparable-harm sovereign-definition state-sovereignty Whether a state's sovereign definition and self-identification constitutes a compelling governmental interest sufficient to overcome constitutional ch…