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Boston Globe Sounds Early Panic Over DC Vs. Heller
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| 11/27/07
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Posted on 11/27/2007 9:36:38 AM PST by pabianice
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posted on
11/27/2007 9:36:39 AM PST
by
pabianice
To: traviskicks
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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)
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
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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)
To: pabianice
"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.
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posted on
11/27/2007 9:44:10 AM PST
by
Deguello
To: pabianice
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.
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posted on
11/27/2007 9:46:10 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: pabianice
Thank goodness for “wealthy libertarian lawyers.”
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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)
To: pabianice
>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?
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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)
To: pabianice
“Reaction from the countrys failing liberal newspapers was quick and predictable...”
I really like the sound of that.
To: Deguello
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.
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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)
To: Deguello
Agreed. So that also means the thirteenth amendment does not apply in D>C> So slavery is legal in D.C.!
To: 17th Miss Regt
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
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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)
To: Deguello
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.
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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)
To: bill1952
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.
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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.)
To: pabianice
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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)
To: pabianice
I wonder how the SCOTUS decision will affect if at all the right for felons to own guns.
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posted on
11/27/2007 9:58:11 AM PST
by
dubie
To: dashing doofus
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
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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)
To: pabianice
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.
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posted on
11/27/2007 9:58:51 AM PST
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: goldstategop
Don’t confuse them. They want to prevent the country from being “awash” with guns. Its for the children, don’t ya know....
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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)
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.
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posted on
11/27/2007 10:02:22 AM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
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