[robertpaulsen]

Ah, the remand was the ruling (sound of hand slapping forehead)! Well, there you have it.

Yep, Miller is one useful case all right. We don't dare set it aside with a powerful ruling like that, says William Tell.

[tpaine]

Your pitiful attempts at sarcasm become you paulsen. -- That is all you have left.

[William Tell]

robertpaulsen said: "Ah, the remand was the ruling (sound of hand slapping forehead)! Well, there you have it. "

Have you found anyone yet who claims that a remand is not a ruling?

Have you found anyone yet who is aware of any case that has been remanded without guidance to the lower courts.

Are you of the opinion that the guidance provided in the Miller ruling was optional? Do you think that the lower court could have ignored it? You claim that there was nothing there. If the trial court judge had once again dismissed the case on Second Amendment grounds without trial, and the prosecution once again appealed, what do you suppose the Supreme Court would have done?

Do you think the Supreme Court is helpless? Or do they have the US Marshall's Service at their disposal?

And finally, how do you account for so many lower courts citing the Miller ruling in their own rulings. Was it irrelevant to these lower court rulings?