[oldfart]

Reinhardt may very well be more communist than Democrat, but I believe he went to the lengths he did (by researching the issue and coming to an opposite conclusion from the Fifth) in order to force the Supremes to take the case.

I'm not absolutely sure what decision they may make, good or bad, but the two lower courts have put the onus on them to make some sort of decision. Like most of us, judges are probably pretty tired of all the bickering. They'd like to see it settled too.

[martian_22]

I dunno... I thought the 2ndA. was one of the "untouchable" individual rights that weren't subject to interpretation and compromise.

If they could be possibley tired of all the bickering and surrender to a "settlement", somebody's agenda/conditioning worked.

Now we have to "hope" for a "good or bad decision".

No sir. 'Don't like it one bit....

[TimSkalaBim]

Far from settling the issue, judges like Reinhardt want to unsettle the issue. The idea that an item in the Bill of Rights is not a right, is nothing if not an attempt to destroy the American Constitutional system.