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Posted on 06/20/2020 2:13:32 PM PDT by DoodleBob
The most likely explanation is that neither of the Court’s ideological factions was confident enough of Roberts’s support to risk granting certiorari.
On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to review all ten of the Second Amendment cases it had pending on its docket. Though the cases presented different fact patterns and procedural postures, the Court simply refused to weigh in on any of them. There seems to be one likely reason: Chief Justice Roberts does not want the Court to take a stance on the Second Amendment. We know because it only takes four justices to agree to hear a case but five to reach a decision once a case is heard — and there are four justices on record as being in favor of the Court’s reviewing Second Amendment issues.
Justice Thomas has been dissenting from the Court’s refusal to review those issues for years, and he did so again on Monday, writing to protest the Court’s decision to pass on Rogers v. Grewal, a case addressing New Jersey’s unconstitutional handgun-carry-permit laws:
This case gives us the opportunity to provide guidance on the proper approach for evaluating Second Amendment claims; acknowledge that the Second Amendment protects the right to carry in public; and resolve a square Circuit split on the constitutionality of justifiable need restrictions on that right. I would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.
Justice Alito authored the landmark 2010 McDonald v. Chicago opinion, which incorporated Second Amendment rights to cover the states, and recently filed a scathing dissent to the Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York:
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Robert’s is on the take.
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You took the words right out of my mouth. Roberts is killing us. Lets not push any Second Amendment cases until Trump can replace Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg on SCOTUS.
Roberts is not on our side, he does not want the 2nd recognized in the communist states, striking down all of their unconstitutional restrictions.
Two conservatives, Thomas and Alito.
Two moderates, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch.
Roberts is the swinger.
Four communists.
Because he likes little girls and they have pictures? What do I win?
Let’s just call him John Souter Roberts.
“...Why Did the Roberts Court Punt on Ten Second Amendment Cases?...”
Way?
Because Roberts is a bought and paid-for spineless p*ssy, that’s why.
Yeah, but the news is, the libs don’t trust him either. They have enough votes to hear the case even without the conservatives.
While I agree with your take on it, we now have ten laws on
the books that are detrimental to gun rights.
If Roberts is mentally incapacitated, he needs to step down
and let someone take charge that has the mental faculties to
do so.
MinuteGal posted an interesting bit of information, stating
that he has had several seizures. He may not be able to make
good decisions any longer, depending on how those affected
him.
I get the feeling that some Leftist has a leash around Roberts' neck (figuratively speaking), possibly as a result of having a photo showing Roberts with a leash around his neck...
;>)
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