[dirtboy]

The problem is one of procedure; the court ruled correctly and very narrowly, however, its not clear what, if any, recourse Bean has now.

Part of me agrees, but the other part tries to apply logic here - since Congress has denied funding for this process, then Congress has in effect decided Bean's case, and Thomas engaged in nit-picking to get around that fact.

[45Auto]

Yes, its a cluster-f*ck by any other name. This was a backdoor gun control move by the 1992 DemonRAT-controlled Congress (and the Clinton administration): to simply de-fund the appeals process within the BATF. The Treasury Secretary at that time designated the ATF to carry out the review process which was his responsibility.

Without the funds, the ATF simply doesn't do ANYTHING. And since they didn't actually deny Bean's petition, the courts are powerless to review. Its up to that scum-bag Congress to FIX this if they can ever get their collective heads out of their collective a**es. The way things are now, if you are convicted of any offense around the world, your Constitutional rights to keep and bear is forfeit. The whole thing stinks of the corruption of 8 years of Bill The Rat and his RAT party. Congress is abdicating its responsibility under the Constitution.