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Bondi v. Vanderstok, 604 U.S. ____ (2025)
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Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. ___ (2024)
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March 26, 2025

Bondi v. Vanderstok, 604 U.S. ____ (2025)

Holding:  Unfinished frames and receivers (aka, Ghost Guns) constitute "firearms" under the Gun Control Act of 1968, as amended.
June 28, 2024

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. ___ (2024)

Holding:  Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority; courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous, overruling Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984).
U.S. v Rahimi, 602 U.S.___ (2024)
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Garland v. Cargill, 602 U.S. ____ (2024)
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​June 21, 2024

U.S. v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. ____ (2024)

Holding:  18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), which makes it a felony for a person who is subject to a domestic violence restraining order to possess firearms and/or ammunition, was not invalidated by the Supreme Court ruling in N.Y. Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen.
​June 14, 2024

Garland v. Cargill, 602 U.S. ____ (2024)

Holding: The BATF misclassified "Bump Stocks" as machine guns.
NRA v. Vullo, 602 U. S. ____ (2024)
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N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n. v. Bruen, 142 S.Ct. 2111 (2022)
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May 30, 2024

NRA v. Vullo, 602 U. S. ____ (2024)

​Holding: Government Defendant's motion to dismiss fails, as the NRA complaint, which alleges that Defendant violated the NRA's First Amendment rights by coercing regulated entities to terminate business relationships with the NRA in order to suppress firearm advocacy, states a claim upon which judicial relief can be granted.
​June 23, 2022

N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n. v. Bruen, 142 S.Ct. 2111 (2022)

Holding:  The Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home.  Accordingly, discretionary ("may issue") statutes for the issuance of concealed carry licenses violate the Second Amendment.  In order for a gun control law to be constitutional, it must be "consistent with this Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation."
McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
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United States v. Hayes, 555 U.S. 415 (2009)
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June 28, 2010
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McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010)

Holding:  The Second Amendment applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
​February 24, 2009

United States v. Hayes, 555 U.S. 415 (2009)

Holding:  "Misdemeanor crime of domestic violence," as that term is used in the Gun Control Act of 1968, means any misdemeanor assault or battery offense where  the defendant and victim shared a "domestic" relationship, regardless of whether such relationship is an element of the offense.
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
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​June 26, 2008
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District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)

Holding:  The Second Amendment protects, on federal territories and lands, an individual, not collective, right to keep and bear arms.
United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939)
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​May 15, 1939​

United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939)

Holding:  The federal prohibition of transporting a short-barreled shotgun across state lines does not violate the Second Amendment.
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