Posted on 08/28/2018 5:42:07 AM PDT by marktwain
Today, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt applauded a Nevada District Courts decision to toss out a lawsuit brought by the proponents of Nevadas stillborn Background Check Act, also known as Question 1. The lawsuit sought to shift the blame for the broken initiative from its drafters to Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval. The Court, in a comprehensive 22-page opinion, ruled that as a matter of law, [ ] given the undisputed efforts to implement The Background Check Act, it is unenforceable as written. The Court rejected each of the proponents legal claims, noting that their arguments have shifted throughout this case and that they failed to provide this Court with any authority even remotely supporting their legal argument. The Court also repeatedly commented on the falsity of the proponents factual allegations, observing that they ignore the facts. The Court chastised the proponents for their charged and emotional appeals, explaining they were unfounded, without supporting evidence, and improperly placed before the judiciary.The opinion in the case is 22 pages long. It says essentially what Attorney General Adam Laxalt found earlier.
The Courts 22-page decision reaffirms what my office has been saying all alongthat the Act is unenforceable as written, said AG Laxalt. This is not because of anything that I or other Nevada officials have failed to do; in the words of the Court, we have undertaken a real and substantial effort to implement the law. Rather, it is a result of Question 1s flawed drafting. It is unfortunate that the very same people who imposed this defective law on all Nevadans have gone to such lengths to use its brokenness as a reason to politically attack me and other Nevadas elected officials through litigation. Hopefully, todays careful decision puts an end to this practice.
The judges order reaffirms that the Attorney Generals opinion correctly identified and exposed several errors in challengers misrepresentations about the 2016 ballot initiative. Shortly after the Question 1 initiative was passed, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wrote to the Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS) on two occasions stating that they would not conduct the background checks for Nevada because, among other reasons, a state law cannot mandate how federal resources are allocated. In a December 28, 2016 formal opinion requested by DPS, the Office of the Nevada Attorney General correctly opined that the law could not be implemented without the FBIs cooperation.
They lost.
Old Bloomers probably soiled his lace trimmed pink Bloomers. UP YOURS, Bloomers.
-—in case anyone is interested, here is the take of the failed Las Vegas garbage wrap:
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/aug/27/laxalts-reaction-to-court-case-shows-lack-of-consi/
City tolls always seem to want to dictate to the rest on how to live.
Perhaps we should spend one month boycotting cities to teach them how to grow food or make timber.
--and when the voters "went to the polls" they turned down the Bloomberg measure in every county in Nevada except Clark (Las Vegas), where it squeaked by with about a thousand votes---
Note how the Las Vegas tail wags the state dog, as the liberal Metro areas do in political election.
This is the PERFECT example of why the 17th Amendment NEEDS TO DIE!!!
Agreed. In the meantime, beat the drum for Electoral votes to be awarded by Congressional District to break the Metro's power.
By the way, piss OFF the LEFTIST Censors. FREE 3-D printed gun blueprints here, so download all 10 or so!
https://www.codeisfreespeech.com/
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