Kagan’s opinion, in effect, laughed Mexico’s allegations out of the high court and effectively told them to pound sand. Lowy surely knew this would be the result of such a laughable case.
Bruen has created an asymmetric battlefield. Because the government bears the burden of justifying its restrictions—and good historical research is expensive—well-funded gun rights groups have a leg up.
Rogue judges and oath-breaking legislators have free rein to continue ignoring the Supreme Court precedent and the Second Amendment for
On the Court’s logic, ATF could at any time declare AR–15s to be machineguns prohibited by federal law. Until we resolve whether the 2A forecloses that, law-abiding AR–15 owners must rely on the goodwill of a federal agency to retain their means of self-defense.
The upshot is that the Court is really busy with other stuff right now, and you all should just come back later. This case has been pending for nearly four years. Maryland gun owners will just have to chill.
Does Justice Sotomayor really want to know what the remedy would be if the government confiscated everyone’s gun? This remedy would not involve Rule 23.
According to court documents, the club accuses the two of “deliberately ignoring, subverting and obstructing” the recent court order, and for “obstructing and preventing, deliberately and maliciously” the club’s access to the firing ranges.
The procedural contortions in these various ongoing magazine ban cases grow more grating with each case. Recall that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected taking up the magazine ban issue in a Seventh Circuit ruling arising from an Illinois law.
How was Tate Adamiak sentenced to serve 20 years in prison? Simple. Prosecutors and the court relied upon federal sentencing guidelines to determine how long he would spend behind bars, even though nothing found in his home was actually illegal.
SCOTUS refusing to take a challenge to a FOID Card scheme in Illinois would effectively mean that the US Supreme Court doesn’t have a problem with licensing people to exercise a fundamental constitutional right.
