最高法院拒绝受理司法部上诉：第五巡回「毒品轻罪前科禁枪违宪」裁定维持
华盛顿10月5日——据法律媒体与枪支政策组织10月5日的消息，美国最高法院当日拒绝受理司法部的一项调卷请求（cert petition）：司法部请求复审联邦第五巡回上诉法院的一项裁定，该裁定推翻了查尔斯·亨布里（Charles Hembree）「重罪犯持有枪支」的定罪。最高法院拒绝受理后，第五巡回的裁定在德克萨斯、密西西比与路易斯安那三州范围内维持效力。
第五巡回三人合议庭（两名特朗普任命法官、一名奥巴马任命法官）于1月27日裁定，就亨布里2018年持有甲基苯丙胺（冰毒）的定罪而言，对其适用重罪犯禁枪条款违反第二修正案。此案与最高法院此前在Hemani案中的判决同属「特定前科人群持枪权」的 as-applied（按个案情形）挑战系列：Hemani案中，最高法院推翻了对一名经常使用大麻者的枪支指控。
枪支政策联盟（Firearms Policy Coalition）10月5日在社交平台公布了拒绝受理的消息，并将其称为持枪权一方的一次胜利。需要区分的是，拒绝受理调卷不等于最高法院对实体问题作出判决：它只是不审理本案，巡回法院裁定因此在本辖区有效，其他巡回区的同类冲突仍待未来案件解决。
信息来源：Liberty Unyielding 10月7日报道（消息源为10月5日法院命令清单）；枪支政策联盟10月5日公告。
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Supreme Court Declines DOJ Appeal, Leaving Fifth Circuit Ruling That Felon Gun Ban Was Unconstitutional as Applied
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the Justice Department's petition to review an appeals court decision that overturned Charles Hembree's conviction for possessing a firearm as a felon, according to legal outlets and gun-rights groups reporting on Oct. 5. The refusal leaves the Fifth Circuit's ruling in force across Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
A three-judge Fifth Circuit panel — two Trump appointees and one Obama appointee — had ruled on Jan. 27 that applying the felon-in-possession ban to Hembree, whose underlying conviction was a 2018 methamphetamine possession offense, violated the Second Amendment as applied to him. The case belongs to a line of as-applied challenges following the Supreme Court's ruling in Hemani v. United States, which struck down a gun charge against a regular marijuana user.
The Firearms Policy Coalition announced the denial on Oct. 5 and called it a win for gun rights. A denial of certiorari is not a ruling on the merits: it simply means the court will not take the case, so the circuit decision stands within its circuit while conflicts elsewhere await future cases.
Source: Liberty Unyielding, Oct. 7, reporting the Oct. 5 orders list; Firearms Policy Coalition announcement, Oct. 5.
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