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Supreme Court GCA case

Jones v. Hendrix. The petitioner was convicted in 2000 as a felon-in-possession. In 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that proving that charge requires proof that the defendant knew he possessed a gun and knew of his status (i.e., that he'd been convicted of a felony).

After his 2000 conviction, he'd brought a §2255 habeas corpus petition. Now he wants to bring a second habeas petition, based on the Court's 2019 interpretation of the GCA. A majority rules he can't, due to a clause in the statute.

The Constitution says that the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended except in cases of rebellion or invasion. The majority notes that at the time of the Framing, habeas relief was not available based on arguments that the court had mis-interpreted a statute, and so the statutory limit was constitutional.

(Note-- "The Solicitor General then noticed her intent to defend the Eighth Circuit's judgment but not its rationale. We appointed Morgan Ratner as amicus curiae to argue in support of the Eighth Circuit's reasoning. 597 U. S. ___ (2022). She has ably discharged her responsibilities.")