National Status of Second Amendment cases at SCOTUS

[bcp]

Click the link and scroll down to the timeline to see where the cases are in the process.
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Viramontes v. Cook County (25-238)

Supreme Court case (25-238) — tracked on SCOTUSblog.

www.scotusblog.com

Issue: Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles.
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Vincent v. Bondi (24-1155)

Supreme Court case (24-1155) — tracked on SCOTUSblog.

www.scotusblog.com

Issue: Whether the Second Amendment allows the federal government to permanently disarm petitioner, who has one 17-year-old nonviolent felony conviction for trying to pass a bad check.
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Rush v. United States (24-1259)

Supreme Court case (24-1259) — tracked on SCOTUSblog.

www.scotusblog.com

Issue: Whether the Second Amendment secures the right to possess unregistered short-barreled rifles that are in common use for lawful purposes.
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Gator’s Custom Guns, Inc. v. Washington (25-153)

Supreme Court case (25-153) — tracked on SCOTUSblog.

www.scotusblog.com

Issue: Whether ammunition feeding devices with the capacity to hold more than 10 rounds are "Arms" presumptively entitled to constitutional protection under the plain text of the Second Amendment.
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Duncan v. Bonta (25-198)

Supreme Court case (25-198) — tracked on SCOTUSblog.

www.scotusblog.com

Issue: (1) Whether a ban on the possession of exceedingly common ammunition feeding devices violates the Second Amendment; and (2) whether a law dispossessing citizens, without compensation, of property that they lawfully acquired and long possessed without incident violates the takings clause.
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Bruce

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[bcp]

Petitions list is usually updated by the end of the day on Mondays.

Dec.8 update:

All 5 cases distributed for conference on 12/12/2025.

Google AI Overview

When a SCOTUS petition is "distributed for conference," it means the petition has finished briefing (petitioner reply is in), and the Clerk's Office sends it to the Justices' chambers for private review and discussion at an upcoming secret conference, where the Justices decide if they'll grant review (certiorari) or deny it, with the decision typically coming on a public Order List
. It's the formal step before the Justices vote on whether to hear the case.

Bruce

PS: Cases are sometimes combined when they are asking the same question, like Gator's and Duncan's magazine ban.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Status of the Second Amendment....?
Critically Endangered.

Thank you for posting this information @bcp
Andy

 

[arakboss]

Supreme Court confronts gun rights pileup

An unusually large pileup of Second Amendment challenges has landed at the Supreme Court, which will consider taking up the cases behind closed doors Friday. It would add to what is already a…

thehill.com

 

[bcp]

Supreme Court confronts gun rights pileup

An unusually large pileup of Second Amendment challenges has landed at the Supreme Court, which will consider taking up the cases behind closed doors Friday. It would add to what is already a…

thehill.com

Next Monday we should know what comes next for each one.

Bruce

 

[No_Regerts]

I have a feeling they won't hear any of them. I think they will punt.

 

[CamoDeafie]

I have a feeling they won't hear any of them. I think they will punt.

The only one I can see being heard, sooner than later; is Duncan V Bonta, and that's only because it's the second time it's before the Supremes. The first time, it was Granted Cert, then Vacated, then Remanded to the 9th Circus who remanded to trial judge

Edit. I've never heard of a case being GVR'd twice by the same SCOTUS group. Maybe they exist but gotta be rare?

 

[bcp]

Rush: Issue: Whether the Second Amendment secures the right to possess unregistered short-barreled rifles that are in common use for lawful purposes.

Petition denied
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Nothing yet on the others at 5:28 pm.

Bruce

 

[CamoDeafie]

Rush: Issue: Whether the Second Amendment secures the right to possess unregistered short-barreled rifles that are in common use for lawful purposes.

Petition denied
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Nothing yet on the others at 5:28 pm.

Bruce

 

[bcp]

10:30 pm and all is.....(well, 4 petitions are still in "conference")

Frustrating, but better than a denial.

Good night.

Bruce

 

[bcp]

1:55 pm Tuesday-----all 4 petitions are still in "conference"

Bruce

 

[bcp]

No change in the 4 remaining petitions since last week.

Bruce

 

[bcp]

The Supreme Court's order list for 12/22 still has not been posted. Maybe they're not working this week.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/ordersofthecourt/25

Bruce

 

[CamoDeafie]

The remaining 4 cases are still active; two were "distributed for conference" as of 1/05/2026, the other two were relisted on 1/9/2026

 

[bcp]

Jan 12:

The remaining four, no decisions yet, distributed for conference 1/16.

Bruce

 

[bcp]

The four remaining cases are not mentioned in the orders dated 1/20/26.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/012026zor_bpm1.pdf

Bruce

 

[CamoDeafie]

View: https://youtu.be/2AuKh8WcntY?si=1XId_Xbacp9VcymM


Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Wolford v Lopez case, 9th District, from Hawaii. Mark Smith thinks it will result in a SCOTUS victory.

Edit. I personally think even if we get a victory in SCOTUS on this particular issue of Hawaii's vampire rule; States will still disregard and disobey and flat out ignore SCOTUS orders and decisions for their own feelings there's no real... Will from DOJ to ensure Enforcement of SCOTUS rulings.



Given the current makeup, and the midterms coming up, if we get a D majority in Congress after the Midterms (a possibility); and if the politicians can get either Thomas or Alito to retire/resign; then we can kiss the 2A as we understand it good bye

 

[Foxglove]

Thanks for update

 

[ilikegunspdx]

… if the politicians can get either Thomas or Alito to retire/resign…

That's not gonna happen imo.

 

[CamoDeafie]

That's not gonna happen imo.

Thomas is old. He's been on there since the early 90s.
Alito isn't old but many politicians don't like him at all.