Who lost this time around? The Constitution, the Bill of Rights, federalism, state sovereignty, historic police powers, the integrity of the Supreme Court... It was a political decision.
It's easy to stay true to the Constitution as a conservative justice; honest construction constitutional nearly always matches conservative political goals. Liberals constantly engage in judicial activism because the Constitution nearly always stands in their way. That not even one of the court's "conservatives" were willing to subordinate a political agenda to well established constitutional principles speaks very poorly of all of them.
Well, there's no closing Pandora's Box.
Now, now, I know you're angry, but you could at least admit that the Second Amendment Foundation and the NRA won, while the gun banners in the Chicago government lost. The rest of what you say is true, but that does not make the fact that the gun rights groups won and the gun grabbers lost untrue.
Didn't I
tell you almost exactly two years ago that incorporation was coming?
OK, so the incredibly racist Cruikshank opinion and two decisions which depended upon it say that the Bill of Rights applies only to the feds. Mojave and Ron Paul agree, and I tend to agree as well, but I doubt this is a fight we can win in court.
Incorporation is coming, and while I may disagree, I'm kind of enjoying Daley's reaction up in Chicago. ;-)
I have to admit, I'm still enjoying Mayor Daley's predicament and his reactions. This usurpation of power stuff can be fun! Might as well enjoy it, since incorporation isn't going away. It all starts with admitting that the gungrabbers LOST yesterday.