The Supreme Court ruled for Ali Danial Hemani on June 18, 2026, holding that his prosecution under the federal prohibition on gun possession by unlawful drug users violated the Second Amendment.
The case followed a search of his family’s home during a terrorism investigation. The eventual charge concerned his possession of a firearm and his admission that he used marijuana about every other day.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the Court’s opinion. Seven justices joined it; Justice Samuel Alito concurred in the judgment in an opinion joined by Justice Elena Kagan. Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson also wrote concurrences.
The ruling was limited to the prosecution before the Court. It left unresolved several other applications of the law, including cases supported by individualized evidence that drug use made a defendant dangerous.
