New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, No. 20-843 (2021-Nov-03)

Supreme Court of the United States

QUESTION PRESENTED:

This case presents a clear and intractable conflict regarding an important jurisdictional qNew York prohibits its ordinary law-abiding citizens from carrying a handgun outside the home without a license, and it denies licenses to every citizen who fails to convince the state that he or she has “proper cause” to carry a firearm. In District of Columbia v. Heller, this Court held that the Second Amendment protects “the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation,” 554 U.S. 570, 592 (2008), and in McDonald v. City of Chicago, the Court held that this right “is fully applicable to the States,” 561 U.S. 742, 750 (2010). For more than a decade since then, numerous courts of appeals have squarely divided on this critical question: whether the Second Amendment allows the government to deprive ordinary law-abiding citizens of the right to possess and carry a handgun outside the home. This circuit split is open and acknowledged, and it is squarely presented by this petition, in which the Second Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of a New York regime that prohibits law-abiding individuals from carrying a handgun unless they first demonstrate some form of “proper cause” that distinguishes them from the body of “the people” protected by the Second Amendment. The time has come for this Court to resolve this critical constitutional impasse and reaffirm the citizens’ fundamental right to carry a handgun for self-defense.

The question presented is: Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit ordinary lawabiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self- defense.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Dec 17 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2021)
Dec 23 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al.
Jan 08 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 22, 2021 to February 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Jan 11 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 22, 2021.
Jan 21 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Coalition and Firearms Policy Foundation filed.
Jan 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Korte Enterprises, LLC, d/b/a Korte Tree Care filed.
Jan 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of State of Missouri.et al. filed.
Jan 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Law Enforcement Groups and State and Local Firearms Rights Groups filed.
Feb 12 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Neal Goldfarb filed. (Brief corrected 3/1/21)
Feb 22 2021 | Brief of respondents Keith M. Corlett, et al. in opposition filed.
Mar 10 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
Mar 10 2021 | Reply of petitioners New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 29 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.
Apr 12 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
Apr 19 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
Apr 26 2021 | Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether the State's denial of petitioners' applications for concealed-carry licenses for self-defense violated the Second Amendment.
May 07 2021 | Motion for an extension of time file the briefs on the merits filed.
May 11 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 2, 2021. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 23, 2021.
May 27 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al.
Jun 16 2021 | Motion for an further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Jun 25 2021 | Motion to further extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is further extended to and including July 13, 2021. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including September 14, 2021.
Jul 09 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Alabama Center for Law and Liberty filed.
Jul 13 2021 | Brief of petitioners New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. filed.
Jul 13 2021 | Joint appendix filed.
Jul 13 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Professors of Second Amendment Law, et al. filed.
Jul 14 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Jul 14 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Bay Colony Weapons Collectors, Inc. filed.
Jul 15 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. filed.
Jul 15 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Italo-American Jurists and Attorneys filed.
Jul 16 2021 |