Mark T. McCloskey v. Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel

Whether the Second Amendment and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution permit an attorney to be sanctioned for professional misconduct based upon a finding of “moral turpitude,” where the attorneys were exercising lawful rights to bear arms in defense of their person, family, and home, and the resulting misdemeanor conviction for each attorney was subsequently commended by the President of the United States and pardoned by the state’s governor.