Hatfield v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 1082 · 18 U.S.C. § 1301 (Charity Games Advertising Clarification Act of 1988) · 18 U.S.C. § 1463 · 18 U.S.C. § 2342 · 18 U.S.C. § 547 · 18 U.S.C. § 548 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Ward v. Rock Against Racism · District of Columbia v. Heller · McDonald v. City of Chicago
Most-quoted passages
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“It is absolutely impossible to reconcile the Government's positions here that (1) a specific felon is so harmless that the felon does not need to go to prison for their [sic] felony conviction, but also (2) the felon is so dangerous that they [sic] should be stripped of their [sic] right to own a gun and defend their [sic] home.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“and decide whether disarming them is substantially related to the government's interest in promoting public safety and preventing armed mayhem, i.e., whether § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“non-violent felons who received no prison time and a small monetary fine for their offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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