[RogueIsland]

So, the Supremes ducked another 2nd Amendment case. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!

[Dead Corpse]

Not just the 2A, but the 14th as well. So much for our Constitutional Republic. This pretty much kills it.

[larlaw]

The fact that cert was denied AND the SCOTUS failed to overturn Judge Reinhardt's outrageous decision tells me that both the conservative wing of the Court (Rehnquist/Scalia/Thomas) and the liberal wing (Stevens, Breyer, Buzzi-Ginsberg/ and Mama's Boy Souter) were very worried about how O'Connor and Kennedy (to a lesser extent) would vote.

It takes 4 Justices to grant cert; The fact that this case was not accepted indicates that it is likely that once again O'Connor was the pivotal Justice who has again effectively moved our country further to the left with her own erratic voting tendencies; Perhaps in the long run it is better that this case was NOT accepted, given that the conservatives on the Court might very well have been convinced that O'Connor might have voted to uphold the 9th Circuit given her sharp turn to the Left last term; Another reason why it is SO important that W. gets re-elected to appoint her replacement...

[Teacher317]

Feh. We right-wing gun nuts had our case in 1934 with Miller, an unassailably fair and logical decision and court proceeding. How dare we look for a second review? I mean, how much has the law regarding gun ownership really changed since 1933? We should bother the Supreme Court with such Constitutional trifles more than once per century, right?

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If you can't see the bitter venom-dripping bleeding-from-the-eyes sarcasm, you need a better optician.

[Servant of the 9]

So, the Supremes ducked another 2nd Amendment case. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!

Good thing they did us that favor.
This case was so poorly put together it was a sure looser regardless of the merits.

For an explanation of why the Supremes stayed out of this, try this National Review Article.

The Silveira Threat

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