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33 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

The National Firearms Act and P.L. 119-21: Issues for Congress
2025-09-24 · Resources · IF13111 · HTML available · PDF available
The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act: The Supreme Court Recognizes Statutory Immunity for Firearm Companies in Case Brought by the Government of Mexico
2025-09-19 · Reports · R48715 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Review: Criminal Law Cases from the October 2024 Term
2025-09-15 · Reports · R48706 · HTML available · PDF available
The Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause’s Substantive Limits on Criminal Laws
2025-09-04 · Reports · R48692 · HTML available · PDF available
The Second Amendment at the Supreme Court: Challenges to Federal Gun Laws
2025-08-05 · Posts · LSB11108 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court: Retribution Tied to the Original Offense Cannot Factor into Supervised Release Revocation Decisions
2025-08-01 · Posts · LSB10929 · HTML available · PDF available
Automated License Plate Readers: Background and Legal Issues
2025-07-21 · Resources · IF13068 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Declines Review of Decision Upholding Constitutionality of Maryland’s “Assault Weapons” Ban
2025-07-18 · Posts · LSB11219 · HTML available · PDF available
Excessive Force and the Fourth Amendment: Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Legal Test
2025-07-08 · Posts · LSB11336 · HTML available · PDF available
Forced-Reset Triggers: Recent Executive Action and Issues for Congress
2025-07-07 · Posts · IN12582 · HTML available · PDF available
The Second Amendment and the Federal Prohibition on Unlawful Drug Users from Possessing Firearms
2025-07-01 · Posts · LSB11104 · HTML available · PDF available
Affirmative Action at Military Service Academies Under the Trump Administration
2025-06-23 · Resources · IF13038 · HTML available · PDF available
Amending the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
2025-04-28 · Infographics · IG10078 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Clarifies That a “Crime of Violence” May Be Committed by “Omission”
2025-04-25 · Posts · LSB11293 · HTML available · PDF available
Executive Clemency and Judicial Power: Legal Overview and Recent Caselaw
2025-04-25 · Posts · LSB11294 · HTML available · PDF available
Considerations for a Federal Criminal Prohibition on Hazing
2024-11-26 · Posts · LSB11247 · HTML available · PDF available
Presidential Transitions: A New Administration’s Potential Impact on Pending Supreme Court Cases
2024-11-18 · Posts · LSB11249 · HTML available · PDF available
The Supreme Court’s Narrow Construction of Federal Criminal Laws: 2023 Term
2024-07-29 · Posts · LSB11212 · HTML available · PDF available
The Eighth Amendment and Homelessness: Supreme Court Upholds Camping Ordinances in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
2024-07-19 · Posts · LSB11203 · HTML available · PDF available
The U.S. Sentencing Commission Seeks to Limit the Use of Acquitted Conduct in Federal Sentencing
2024-07-05 · Posts · LSB11037 · HTML available · PDF available
Second Amendment Permits Temporarily Disarming Persons Subject to Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
2024-06-21 · Posts · LSB11181 · HTML available · PDF available
The Supreme Court Invalidates the ATF’s Bump-Stock Ban
2024-06-20 · Posts · LSB10920 · HTML available · PDF available
Courts Disagree as to Whether the Federal Felon-in-Possession Firearm Prohibition Violates the Second Amendment
2024-05-28 · Posts · LSB11170 · HTML available · PDF available
Drug Offense Sentencing Relief Under the First Step Act and the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
2024-05-03 · Resources · IF12651 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Drug Offense Sentencing Relief Under the First Step Act
2024-04-04 · Posts · LSB11145 · HTML available · PDF available
Does Losing a Motion to Suppress Bar a Sentencing Reduction for Admitting Guilt? Federal Courts Are Split
2023-09-14 · Posts · LSB11041 · HTML available · PDF available
The Supreme Court’s Narrow Construction of Federal Criminal Laws: Historical Practice and Recent Trends
2023-09-05 · Posts · LSB11033 · HTML available · PDF available
Legal Challenges to the Terrorist Screening Database
2023-07-20 · Posts · LSB11009 · HTML available · PDF available
Congressional Review of Proposed Amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
2023-06-06 · Resources · IF12422 · HTML available · PDF available
Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (April 10-April 14, 2023)
2023-04-19 · Posts · LSB10951 · HTML available · PDF available
Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (April 3-April 7, 2023)
2023-04-11 · Posts · LSB10947 · HTML available · PDF available
Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (March 27-March 31, 2023)
2023-04-05 · Posts · LSB10944 · HTML available · PDF available
Back in Action, the U.S. Sentencing Commission to Resolve Circuit Splits on Controlled Substances and Sentencing Reductions
2022-12-30 · Posts · LSB10890 · HTML available · PDF available