I do however maintain, where taxation is concerned, folks are barking up the wrong tree if they expect the courts to be in their camp or change how we are taxed except through legislative and/or Article V action.
OTOH The court(at the USSC level) is still open to defending 2nd amendment rights and clamping down on extensions of the Commerce Clause(refer Lopez decision).
For the first time in many decades we have a condition where the USSC will haveaddress the 2nd amendment issue head on with circuit courts maintaining diametrically opposed position and ripe for USSC intervention.
You figure it's time for physical revolt? I don't and I don't intend support those that do. There is alot left to be attempted before that time arrives.
Ha! Yeah right. And which side do you think the USSC would come down on? They wouldn't dare rock the boat. Silveria was good enough. The Emerson case was good enough. I'm sure if you go a-looking, there will be dozens of cases over the last few decades where they have COMPLETLY dodged the issue. You'd get another "remand back to a lower court" ruling, or a "compelling state interest". As for Bush, no... I don't think that even if he gets re-elected that he will appoint the type of judges that would rule against 70 years of legislative malfeasance. After all, the recent DC case on Washingtons handgun ban was a Bush appointee and he took the "collective Rights" view.
You figure it's time for physical revolt? I don't and I don't intend support those that do. There is alot left to be attempted before that time arrives.
I think the system is broken. I do not have a lot of hope left that it can be fixed. A lot has ALREADY been attempted and the options are running out. I figure one or two more court cases and the Second Amendment will be dead. And people like you will just shrug and re-draw your lines in the sand another ten yards back while calling the rest of us "extremists". Thanks pal.