Amy is a legal fellow in the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Felon-in-possession cases will continue to present very real and pressing questions about the parameters of Heller’s “presumptively lawful” dicta. NSA Digital Archive / Getty Images Key Takeaways In January, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a state statute permanently banning felons from possessing firearms. The majority concluded that Wisconsin’s statute is substantially related to the government’s important interest in addressing gun violence.[ The Wisconsin Supreme Court has now joined a growing list of courts applying intermediate scrutiny to uphold lifetime bans on gun possession for non-violent felons.