Supreme Court of the United States

Wilson v. Hawaii

December 9, 2024

Summary

The Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari, leaving in place the Hawaii Supreme Court's decision that the defendant lacked standing to raise a Second Amendment challenge to the state's licensing scheme. The Court, through Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch, expressed concern that the lower court's standing analysis improperly barred a constitutional defense, but declined to intervene because the case was presented on an interlocutory appeal.