A Truck Driver’s Carry Permits Stop at Minnesota. A Coalition Just Asked SCOTUS to Notice.

The Supreme Court docket in Jeffrey M. Johnson, Sr. v. Bob Jacobson, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, No. 26-255, is short. The petition was filed August 24, 2026, and docketed August 27. Lower court: Eighth Circuit No. 25-3036, decided May 26, 2026. Counsel of record for Johnson is Ryan Ashley Morrison of Liberty Justice Center. Minnesota’s counsel of record, Michael Patrick Goodwin, waived the right to respond on August 31. The Court distributed the case on September 2 for the Conference of September 28, 2026. A waived response is not a grant. It is the state betting the justices will deny without a brief.

Bearing Arms reported on September 15 that a coalition — National Rifle Association, California Rifle and Pistol Association, Second Amendment Law Center, Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms — filed an amicus brief supporting Johnson. Johnson is an over-the-road truck driver who holds Florida and Georgia carry permits and does not want to fly to Minnesota, appear in person at a sheriff’s office, pay again, and take another class to carry through the state. Kostas Moros, SAF Director of Legal Research and Education and counsel of record on that amicus, as quoted by Bearing Arms: “A truck driver who already holds permits from Florida and Georgia should not have to fly to Minnesota, appear in person at a sheriff’s office, pay another set of fees and complete another training course just to exercise the same constitutional right he already has. Our historical tradition offered travelers more leeway than residents when it came to the right to carry. Minnesota’s scheme turns that tradition on its head.”

The Court has not requested a late response from Minnesota. Conference is September 28. This is a different fight from last week’s Oregon nonresident CHL complaint. Same map. Different caption.