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Supreme Court takes a 2A case!

It's NYSRPA v. Corlett, Here's the docket.

The rule require the petition to have, right at the front, the "Question Presented," and generally when the Court grants cert, it just grants it, and the question presented is worded as the petitioner phrased it. In this case, however, the Court dictated its own version, as "Whether the State's denial of petitioners' applications for concealed-carry licenses for self-defense violated the Second Amendment."

This is a bit strange, since I'm told NY doesn't issue "concealed-carry licenses," but rather requires licenses for all handgun carry, outside of a few exceptions. And it poses it as limited to the denial of a permit, rather than the permit requirement itself. But denial of the permit as an issue will let the Court assess what permit systems are allowed and what the criteria might be, and (most importantly) how much discretion is allowed.

Here's Josh Blackman's take, check out the comments.

UPDATE: Young has been decided en banc, petition for cert not yet filed. It'll probably be held until the ruling in this case, and then remanded for reconsideration in light of this ruling.