Explore the question, the ruling, and who voted how. These are selected decisions as issued, not a complete voting record or a statement of personal beliefs.
2 decisions
2022 · Constitutional law
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen
6–3
Gun rights
The question
Could New York require applicants to show a special need for self-defense to carry a handgun in public?
The outcome
The Court invalidated New York’s proper-cause requirement and adopted a text-and-historical-tradition framework for Second Amendment challenges. It did not invalidate every licensing condition or every firearm regulation.
May a person found by a court to pose a credible threat to another’s physical safety be temporarily disarmed?
The outcome
The Court rejected Rahimi’s facial challenge to the federal firearm restriction at issue. It explained that historical analogies need not be exact replicas, while retaining Bruen’s history-based framework.
