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To: robertpaulsen
The Miller court made no ruling. The case was remanded to the lower court. No one "won" or "lost".

Au Contraire!

http://www.jpfo.org/miller.htm

Only once in the Twentieth Century has the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted any part of the Second Amendment. That case was U.S. v. Miller, which the Court heard and decided in 1939.1 The Court held that the National FirearmsAct – under which machineguns, shotguns with barrels under 18" in length, short-barreled rifles, and firearms silencers had to be registered and a $200/item tax paid was constitutional. Few who discuss this decision have actually read it, and so know that the Court heard only one side of the matter, the Government's. Fewer still have read the entire record, and so know that the Court rejected most of the Government's claims about the Second Amendment

United States vs. Miller (1938)

If the U.S. Supreme Court takes this case, what will they consider -- law reviews or lower federal court decisions?

The Constitution.

The USSC makes precedent for the lower courts, not vice-versa.

I predict that DC will not appeal this case to the USSC precisely because an affirmative ruling would invalidate ALL gun control laws throughout the country.

Sarah Brady and Company can't afford that.

38 posted on 03/29/2007 2:28:18 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

"I predict that DC will not appeal this case to the USSC precisely because an affirmative ruling would invalidate ALL gun control laws throughout the country."

You nailed it : )


42 posted on 03/29/2007 2:33:49 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Misery loves miserable company.......ask any liberal. Hunter in 08!)
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