The Court has never before construed Section 922(g)(3). A sufficiently narrow construction of the statute to avoid vagueness concerns could make resolution of the 2A issue relatively straightforward. /end

Only Harris asks the Court to consider a void-for-vagueness challenge to Section 922(g)(3) in addition to the 2A challenge. That is significant because vagueness considerations will likely play a central role in how the Court construes the statute in the first instance. 3/

Full brief available here: tinyurl.com/yfdyuyv6

The govt is pushing for a grant in a different case--United States v. Hemani--which has much more government-friendly facts. The Court relisted Hemani today.

My brief argues that Harris is the best vehicle because... 2/

law.pepperdine.edu/surf-report/...

FWIW, I read it as a nod to the requirement of presentment (in addition to bicameralism).

Over the coming days and weeks, I plan to upload similar video explainers of my other articles.

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The video captures the core of the article’s argument and presents it an approachable way. I’ve created new “Prof JSJ” Instagram and TikTok accounts, so that I could post the video as a reel.

instagram.com/profjsj/

tiktok.com/@prof.jsj?_t...

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I used Notebook LM to generate the video. It isn’t perfect, but it’s pretty impressive given how little effort it took; I simply uploaded the article and entered a prompt with basic instructions. 4/

My hope is that this video explainer—and others like it—will allow my research to reach a broader audience of lawyers, law students, and non-lawyers (and also law profs who’d benefit from a brief synopsis). 3/

Full video available at my substack:

joeljohnson.substack.com/p/dealing-with-dead-crimes-video-explainer

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I used Notebook LM to generate the video. It isn’t perfect, but it’s pretty impressive given how little effort it took; I simply uploaded the article and entered a prompt with basic instructions. 4/

My hope is that this video explainer—and others like it—will allow my research to reach a broader audience of lawyers, law students, and non-lawyers (and also law profs who’d benefit from a brief synopsis). 3/

Full video explainer available at my substack:

joeljohnson.substack.com/p/dealing-with-dead-crimes-video-explainer

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