United States v. Rahimi
Decided June 21, 2024. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 22-915 · 602 U.S. 680 (2024) · Cited 416 times
Holding
When an individual has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another, that individual may be temporarily disarmed consistent with the Second Amendment.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–1.
Majority · 8
- John G. Roberts, Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor · filed a concurring opinion
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch · filed a concurring opinion
- Brett M. Kavanaugh · filed a concurring opinion
- Amy Coney Barrett · filed a concurring opinion
- Ketanji Brown Jackson · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 1
- Clarence Thomas · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- District of Columbia v. Heller · 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
- McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
- United States v. Salerno · 481 U.S. 739 (1987)
- Giles v. California · 554 U.S. 353 (2008)
- Crawford v. Washington · 541 U.S. 36 (2004)
- Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
- Harmelin v. Michigan · 501 U.S. 957 (1991)
- Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
- Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
- Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority · 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
- Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois · 497 U.S. 62 (1990)
- McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission · 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
- Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
- Holland v. Illinois · 493 U.S. 474 (1990)
- McPherson v. Blacker · 146 U.S. 1 (1892)
- Moore v. Harper · 600 U.S. 1 (2023)
- Apprendi v. New Jersey · 530 U.S. 466 (2000)
- Batson v. Kentucky · 476 U.S. 79 (1986)
- Powell v. Alabama · 287 U.S. 45 (1932)
- Herrera v. Collins · 506 U.S. 390 (1993)
- United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
- Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · 460 U.S. 37 (1983)
- Washington v. Glucksberg · 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
- United States v. Gaudin · 515 U.S. 506 (1995)
- Loving v. Virginia · 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
- Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264 (1821)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
- United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
- Hamdi v. Rumsfeld · 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
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