On Tuesday the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear Grant v. Higgins, a case centering on whether AR-15 ownership is protected by the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
The case was distributed for conference on June 29, 2026, and cert was granted on June 30.
The SCOTUSBLOG summarized the case: “Whether the Second and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles.”
SCOTUS’s decision to take up Grant v. Higgins comes on the heels of the court’s 9-0 ruling in Hemani (2026) and its 6-3 ruling in Wolford (2026).
In Hemani, SCOTUS ruled against the prosecution of Ali Hemani for being a marijuana user in possession of a firearm and in Wolford SCOTUS ruled against concealed carry gun controls enacted by Hawaii post-Bruen.
A second case, consolidated with Grant v. Higgins, is Viramontes v. Cook County, a case which centers on Cook County’s “assault weapons” ban.