The Supreme Court receives between 7,000 and 8,000 petitions for writ of certiorari each term on the regular docket. This includes both civil and criminal cases covering many aspects of the legal landscape. Under 2,000 of these are paid petitions, and the rest are forma pauperis. In addition, there are a few hundred on the emergency docket.
At The Vine of Liberty, we focus on Second Amendment Rights and other cases that affect our liberty. So while Loper is an esoteric case about fishing regulations, it is the case that made Chevron bad law. Chevron was the case that allowed agencies to self-declare as experts, and what an agency expert said was the “correct” answer.
There are around 20 Second Amendment related cases seeking certiorari and two that have already been granted certiorari. One deals with the vampire rule out of Hawaii, and the other is a challenge to ยง922(g)3, user of illegal substances. Possession.
There are cases dealing with NFA restrictions, cases dealing with sensitive places, magazine bans, weapons bans, and a host of other subjects.
What we want from a Second Amendment case is something that moves Second Amendment protection forward. While Heller was a major win for the Second Amendment, McDonald barely moved the needle. Bruen was major, Rahimi was not.
Heller and Bruen were major because they changed the legal landscape for everybody. We need another case like that, and we need a course correction for the inferior rogue courts.
The Question
What type of case do you think the Supreme Court should take up? Why that particular topic? How will it advance Second Amendment jurisprudence?