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Boston Globe Sounds Early Panic Over DC Vs. Heller
The Nav Log ^ | 11/27/07 | ltn72

Posted on 11/27/2007 9:36:38 AM PST by pabianice

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1 posted on 11/27/2007 9:36:39 AM PST by pabianice
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To: traviskicks

ping


2 posted on 11/27/2007 9:37:28 AM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; The majority are satisfied with a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: pabianice
Heller was one of six plaintiffs recruited by a wealthy libertarian lawyer, Robert A. Levy, who created and financed the lawsuit for the purpose of getting a Second Amendment case before the Supreme Court...

Those wacky insane 'losertarians'. No wonder so many called 'conservatives' want them out of 'their party'

/sarc
3 posted on 11/27/2007 9:41:34 AM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; The majority are satisfied with a just master. -- Sallust)
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"one of the arguments its lawyers are making...does not apply to "legislation enacted exclusively for the District of Columbia..."

They should stick with this argument before the SCOTUS. They are in effect saying that the Constitution does not apply to DC.

4 posted on 11/27/2007 9:44:10 AM PST by Deguello
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DC Mayor Fenty, who ordered his government to appeal the decision.

This fellow may have let his ideology run away with his brain.

Years ago, I was involved in a case that struck down the City of Atlanta's "assault weapon ban" (which of course didn't ban a single assault weapon.) The mayor very prudently decided not to appeal, because under Georgia law we had a cast iron case and an appeal would have made the case precedential, whereas unappealed it was just another superior court order and not binding on anybody except the City fathers.

5 posted on 11/27/2007 9:46:10 AM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: pabianice

Thank goodness for “wealthy libertarian lawyers.”


6 posted on 11/27/2007 9:46:21 AM PST by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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>a decision that made good liberals run for the airsickness bag. In Heller, the DC

Uh, which party to this action filed the appeal?

Heller, et al, or the good liberal trash of DC?

7 posted on 11/27/2007 9:46:24 AM PST by bill1952 ("all that we do is done with an eye towards something else." - Aristotle)
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“Reaction from the country’s failing liberal newspapers was quick and predictable...”

I really like the sound of that.


8 posted on 11/27/2007 9:47:33 AM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (I am a proud anti-invasion racist!)
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They are in effect saying that the Constitution does not apply to DC.

Which if you look at it that way, would also negate one's right to 'life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness' in the District.

That says a lot about their liberal philosophy as a whole.
9 posted on 11/27/2007 9:48:04 AM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; The majority are satisfied with a just master. -- Sallust)
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Agreed. So that also means the thirteenth amendment does not apply in D>C> So slavery is legal in D.C.!


10 posted on 11/27/2007 9:48:12 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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Oops. D>C> s.b. D.C.


11 posted on 11/27/2007 9:49:00 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: pabianice
In other words, the Bill Of Rights does not apply to the federal district. The Supremes should laugh that one out of the court and dismiss it in the course of the hearings. Of course, the Second Amendment talks about an individual right. Even liberal legal scholars have said so.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

12 posted on 11/27/2007 9:50:12 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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They are in effect saying that the Constitution does not apply to DC.

Heh. That would totally desirable, now wouldn't it?

Aside from divorcing DC from Constitutional protections, in toto we could set up a Gitmo style facility right there without ever again having to hear legal arguments for the prisoners or their treatment.

13 posted on 11/27/2007 9:51:09 AM PST by bill1952 ("all that we do is done with an eye towards something else." - Aristotle)
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Aside from divorcing DC from Constitutional protections, in toto we could set up a Gitmo style facility right there without ever again having to hear legal arguments for the prisoners or their treatment.

Woo-hoo, waterboarding for Dem senators. Well, except for Fat Ted who has proven that he can escape from near drownings.

14 posted on 11/27/2007 9:55:29 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Government is the hired help - not the boss. When politicians forget that they must be fired.)
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To: pabianice

If you think the Boston Globe story is skewed, get a load of this insipid editorial in the Newsday:

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpgun265476853nov26,0,551861.story

Brutal. Squishy, touchy feely lefty editors on display.....


15 posted on 11/27/2007 9:55:41 AM PST by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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I wonder how the SCOTUS decision will affect if at all the right for felons to own guns.


16 posted on 11/27/2007 9:58:11 AM PST by dubie
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They mention 192 million firearms in circulation. If an individual right led to a bloodbath, you can be sure the liberal media would trumpet it. They haven't been able to find one example of where it led to such an outcome.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

17 posted on 11/27/2007 9:58:50 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Heller was one of six plaintiffs recruited by a wealthy libertarian lawyer, Robert A. Levy, who created and financed the lawsuit

Nice smear. Believe all six DC residents filed the original DC lawsuit on their own, and Levy agreed to co-counsel Heller. Bob Levy, BTW, is a constitutional expert at the Cato Institute. The plantiffs were NOT recruited by Levy. In fact, all six plantiffs were profiled in-depth by the WaPo long before Levy appeared on the scene.
18 posted on 11/27/2007 9:58:51 AM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
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Don’t confuse them. They want to prevent the country from being “awash” with guns. Its for the children, don’t ya know....


19 posted on 11/27/2007 10:00:29 AM PST by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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To: pabianice

They should be in a panic. Next summer, all their utopian dreams of gun control will be washed away, and activists will be carrying their sidearms openly in downtown Boston.


20 posted on 11/27/2007 10:02:22 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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