Unique ruling authority

District of Columbia v. Heller

554 U.S. 570 · U.S. Supreme Court

Stable case ID: case:heller-2008
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision date: 2008
Authority level: U.S. Supreme Court
Precedential status: precedential
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Holding and boundaries

Recognized an individual Second Amendment right to possess a handgun in the home for self-defense.

Scope and limitations: The right is not unlimited; longstanding prohibitions and sensitive-place rules were not cast into doubt.

Open authoritative source

0 issue placements

Publication and provenance

The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.

Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.