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Supreme Court Declines To Hear Challenge [CONNECTICUT’S BAN ON POPULAR SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARMS]
DailySignal ^ | June 20, 2016 | Connecticut Citizens Defense League, Inc. Blog

Posted on 06/20/2016 1:31:27 PM PDT by Daffynition

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – The United States Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a lower court’s ruling refusing to strike down on Second Amendment grounds Connecticut’s ban on certain semi-automatic firearms including the most popular rifles in the Nation. The Connecticut Citizens’ Defense League (CCDL) and other plaintiffs challenged Connecticut’s ban in 2013, arguing that the ban openly flouts the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which held that law-abiding citizens have an individual right to keep commonly owned firearms in their homes for self-defense.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; ccdl; connecticut; docket; heller; lawsuit; scotus; trump; trump2016
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To: Biggirl
Look for Americans to not give their guns up.

I used to believe that but our country has gone from a time when a kid was able to take a 22 to school so they can hunt a rabbit after class, to being expelled for biting a corner off a pop tart.

41 posted on 06/20/2016 2:36:54 PM PDT by itsahoot (Trump kills PC-Hillary kills USA-Pick one.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

He dropped dead while briefly alone in his bedroom on a hunting trip.
No autopsy.
Not kidding.

(And yes it’s ok to NOT be completely up on all events.)


42 posted on 06/20/2016 2:38:20 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: Fitzy_888
New York has a similar ban. Possibly other states. Could it be the Supreme Court is waiting for the case against the state law they can uphold.

No, they decline to hear it because to hear it would be to have to judg on the matter... and the real truth is that the court is horribly political and doesn't really care about the law/jurisprudence. A perfect example is the Proposition 8 case, where the CA state court certified that the people of the state were indeed harmed by the state's non-action on the matter, and which the USSC refused to hear saying that the people of the State had no standing.

Likewise, they will not rule on gun-bans because (a) to do so would alter the political landscape, one way or another; (b) because letting things stand as-is means that they can use Congress's hand-wringing trick about executive-branch overreach; and, (c) because they do not honor the Constitution.

43 posted on 06/20/2016 2:53:13 PM PDT by Edward.Fish
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To: Daffynition
The Constitution now says whatever the hell 5 out of 9 Supreme Court Justices want it to say. If Scalia's seat is filled by anyone other than a strict constructionist then you can kiss Heller and the 2nd Amendment goodbye.

In 1986, the Supreme Court recognized that nowhere in the Constitution can you find "a fundamental right to engage in homosexual sodomy.” In 2003, the Supreme Court discovered a previously unknown fundamental right to engage in homosexual sodomy hidden in the emanations from penumbra of the Constitution (the same place that you can find the Constitutional right to abortion, just below the Freedom From Religion clause).

The Heller decision is unlikely to last that long.

44 posted on 06/20/2016 2:56:25 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: faithhopecharity

Make the SCOTUS crew ride the Green line morning, noon, and night until they get the message.


45 posted on 06/20/2016 3:07:32 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Oh come on. You’re screwing with us, right?

It isn’t even April 1st. LOL


46 posted on 06/20/2016 3:19:34 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (If Scandals were Brains, Hillary would be the smartest person on the Planet.)
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To: MeganC
To get a decent USSC Justice we need to elect Donald Trump and not “stand on principle” and allow Hillary to become President

And elect a filibuster proof Senate as well. All the nominations from President Trump will come to naught, if the Senate Dems block them.

47 posted on 06/20/2016 3:42:48 PM PDT by raisetheroof ("To become Red is to become dead --- gradually." Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
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To: Daffynition

Dats wha I’m talk’in bout.


48 posted on 06/20/2016 3:43:41 PM PDT by WENDLE (Ban Wahhabis . Not guns!! Profile them!!)
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To: raisetheroof

Just change the filibuster rules. Harry Reid won’t mind since that was his idea when he did it.


49 posted on 06/20/2016 3:50:32 PM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom
where you been???
50 posted on 06/20/2016 3:55:54 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Just playing the straight man in this comedy of a presidency. Keep in mind that Mark Dice interviews people like that every day.


51 posted on 06/20/2016 3:59:12 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Daffynition
I realize junior high school is out for the summer; your attempt to highjack the thread w/ stupid, is not appreciated, especially when there are serious events taking place now.

Yea I agree. There are much more serious issues...than a supreme court justice dead without an autopsy. Glad you get it.

52 posted on 06/20/2016 4:00:51 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: gunsequalfreedom

He is not.


53 posted on 06/20/2016 4:01:06 PM PDT by sport
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To: Daffynition

How exactly do you think it came to be that the Supreme Court did not decide this case?


54 posted on 06/20/2016 4:01:45 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Fitzy_888

With this court, I don’t believe so.


55 posted on 06/20/2016 4:23:35 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: tbw2

My concern was they would cherry pick the case to open the door to restrictions on “weapon characteristics” or magazine capacity.

I live in New York...I’m not registering any long arm...nor am I getting rid of (quote) “high capacity” magazines.

12 years to retire to Florida...can’t wait!


56 posted on 06/20/2016 4:39:44 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: Lurking Libertarian; Perdogg; JDW11235; Clairity; Spacetrucker; Art in Idaho; GregNH; Salvation; ...

FReepmail me to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the SCOTUS ping list.

57 posted on 06/20/2016 10:06:47 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: faithhopecharity
1. court not doing its job, needs to be replaced ASAP
2. by not doing its job, court is ‘denying’ American citizens their constitutionally-recognized liberties...and enabling the growing (Islamo-)fascist dictatorship in USA...

prepare to defend your friends, family, and self street to street
house to house
its coming.... Obama’s brought in another million +/- Islamonazi terrrorists ....many of whom appear to be spending their days-on-welfare at the rifle range....... and these states are trying to disarm you....


Stock up your armory!!! This is NOT going to end well - take that to the bank.
58 posted on 06/21/2016 7:34:03 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

We don’t need for anybody to ‘play’ the part of dumbass. There’s plenty of that as is. Your little game stunk!


59 posted on 06/21/2016 8:43:00 AM PDT by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: houeto
Oh, Okay. In the future I will put the sarc tags...for the totally obvious.. I realize now it is not pleasant when some people have to come to grips with their inherently reduced mental capabilities.

Mark Dice! We have an interviewee for you.

60 posted on 06/21/2016 9:21:10 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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