[marktwain]

If we had Supreme Court justices who were serious about their oath of office, this would be a slam dunk.

[Vaquero]

we have at least 5 that just backed the 1st amendment by defeating McCain Feingold....lets hope they do the right thing with the 2nd

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

...the FFA declares that any firearms made and retained in-state are beyond the authority of Congress under its constitutional power to regulate commerce among the states.

I know numerous college students who would not understand the meaning of the word "among" in that sentence. Ask them the difference between inter- and intra-, they shrug. Don't even think about issues of federalism, central govt vs regional; the only ones who do have any familiarity with these terms are self-proclaimed socialists, progressives, etc., and they are hopeless.

[Politically Correct]

You know, I just don't understand this "standing" thing.....
How could they not have standing?

It was like how the presidents BC thing was thrown out of court because a citizen of the US didn't have "standing".......how could a citizen not have "standing"?

[SERE_DOC]

I would hope to think that even if these educated morons try to outlaw any of our Constitutionally mandated rights that the populous would reject outright their attempts and fight (however one wants to interrupt that) with vehemence and exercise that right.

The bottom line is they can do what they wish, and pass what ever law (unconstitutional) they want. Americans tend to do the right thing regardless of Washington.

[MarkL]

If we had Supreme Court justices who were serious about their oath of office, this would be a slam dunk.

You're right, but I'm afraid that they might just go back to precedence on this, using the blatant federal power grab that goes like, "if a manufacturer makes a gun and sells it in state A, then another manufacturer from state B won't be able to sell a gun to that same customer in state A; Hence even when manufacturer and seller are in the same state, the sale of the gun will effect interstate commerce, because now a manufacturer in state B can't sell that customer a gun." That's pretty much the reasoning they came up with to allow the "interstate commerce clause" to run completely wild, just with a farmer growing grain...

Mark

[Travis McGee]

Montana's law will work about as well as South Carolina's secession.

[Beckwith]

This “standing” is getting to be a real handy legal tool for this bunch.

[PeteCat]

It continues to be that dam Commerce Clause.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

The Feds can regulate just about anything through that interpretation.