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No, The SCOTUS Ruling On Abortion Doesn’t Affect California Gun Laws
The Federalist ^ | 12/14/2021 | John R. Lott, Jr.

Posted on 12/14/2021 2:49:09 PM PST by VictimsRightsPro2a

You would never know it from the reaction of President Joe Biden and Gov. Gavin Newsom, but the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Friday about the Texas abortion case didn’t overturn Roe v. Wade. It dealt with arcane legal precedent over who can sue and be sued – what is called “standing” – and the constitutionality of Texas’ law is far from settled. On Saturday, hopefully because Newsom hadn’t yet read or understood the decision, he announced he would now use the ruling to help Californians enforce gun control laws.

Biden and Newsom’s comments are more likely to gin up anger from their supporters than have anything to do with the Supreme Court or the law.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; cprc; guns; johnlott

1 posted on 12/14/2021 2:49:09 PM PST by VictimsRightsPro2a
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To: VictimsRightsPro2a

So, Governor Newsom is going to punish Californians over something that happened n Texas?


2 posted on 12/14/2021 3:10:05 PM PST by Durbin
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To: Durbin

He’s virtue signalling.


3 posted on 12/14/2021 5:08:03 PM PST by atomic_dog
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