Mance v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
896 F.3d 390 · 2018
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 46 · 49 U.S.C. § 30301 · 49 U.S.C. § 30503
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · District of Columbia v. Heller · City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · Leila Jeanne Hill Audrey Himmelmann Everitt Simpsons v. Colorado · Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The ban on interstate handgun sales fails strict scrutiny. After all, a categorical ban is precisely the opposite of a narrowly tailored regulation. It applies to all citizens, not just dangerous persons. Instead of requiring citizens to comply with state law, it forbids them from even trying. Nor has the Government demonstrated why it needs a categorical ban to ensure compliance with state handgun laws. Put simply, the way to require compliance with state handgun laws is to require compliance with state handgun laws.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“The Government's proposed prophylaxis - to protect against the violations of the few, we must burden the constitutional rights of the many - turns the Second Amendment on its head. Our Founders crafted a Constitution to promote the liberty of the individual, not the convenience of the Government.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[t]he Second Amendment is neither second class, nor second rate, nor second tier.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.