Posted on 07/16/2007 8:03:08 AM PDT by ctdonath2
Local government officials in Washington, D.C., decided on Monday to appeal to the Supreme Court in a major test case on the meaning of the Second Amendment. The key issue in the coming petition will be whether the Amendment protects an individual right to have guns in one's home.
Admin, please append “(DC appeals Parker case to SCOTUS)” to title to assist clarity & searching.
Woo-hoo!
It’s about time that we get this issue resolved.
Local government officials in Washington, D.C., announced Monday they will appeal to the Supreme Court in a major test case on the meaning of the Second Amendment. The key issue in the coming petition will be whether the Amendment protects an individual right to have guns in one’s home- an issue on which there is now a clear conflict among federal Circuit Courts.
The petition would have been due Aug. 7, but city officials said they would ask Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., for a 30-day extension of time to file the case. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and city Attorney General Linda Singer disclosed the appeal plan at a press conference, along with local Police Chief Cathy Lanier.
The D.C. Circuit Court ruled on March 9 that the Second Amendment does guarantee an individual right to possess a gun — at least within one’s own home. The case is Parker, et al., v. District of Columbia (docket 04-7041). On May 8, the Circuit Court refused by a 6-4 vote to rehear the case en banc. The mandate is scheduled to be issued Aug. 7, but will be withheld after the city files its Supreme Court petition.
government officials unwilling to accept the Second Amendment, as written. When there is no Second, the First will be the next to go. One has to wonder who these people are and why they are here in America, hating America. A Second makes the First possible, but liberals are too stupid to understand or too willing to destroy America to care. Too willing to destroy America to care - has my vote.
The wrong decision in this case would start a civil war.
The question shouldn’t even come up regarding guns in the home. That is a give and has always been that way. The real question is the people carrying guns on the streets of DC. DC is one of the most dangerous citys in the country..................that includes Congress by the way.
The DC Government better get the assistance of outside counsel, because I’ve looked at some of their filings in the Parker case, and it’s embarrassing.
The question at hand IS “in the home”. It hasn’t “been that way” in DC for 30 years.
“On the streets” will come later.
Alright, exclude me from the aforementioned “we,” OK?
The wrong decision in this case would start a civil war.
The wrong decision in this case WILL start a civil war.
The amendments prop each other up, remove one and they all crumble.
Once again, the American Left is in lock-step with previous totalitarians (Stalin, Hitler) and their present-day replacements: Islamonazis.
-Eric
What makes you think that the supremes will hear the case or more importantly find in favor of the individual right?
Paging the CWII pinglist people...
That will come promptly after [i]Parker[/i].
Fill me in.
How can I help in this fight?
(I for one would like to AVOID a civil war—if possible.)
If not—lock and load, boys and girls.
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