The gun cases are still there. The qualified immunity cases are still there.

The second new relist case is a bit unusual, in that the Supreme Court has already denied certiorari. Hanks v. United States, 19-7732, is on rehearing of the court’s decision not to grant review. The original petition involved whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), which criminalizes the use of a firearm during a “crime of violence” (here, a bank robbery), can be violated by unintentionally intimidating a victim through verbal demands or the passing of a demand note rather than the use or threatened use of physical force. After the court denied review, Jerad Hanks sought rehearing, arguing that the Supreme Court had requested that the government file a response to his co-defendant’s petition raising similar claims, so the court should consider the cases together. Now the court appears to be doing exactly that with the co-defendant’s case, which was already set to be considered at this Thursday’s conference.

What’s left of my hair started to hurt while reading Hanks v United States.

4 + 4 + ‘Him’ = Tool up, it’s coming.