86thecat
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It's June, has SCOTUS given any hint of how the Heller case is proceeding or when a ruling might be expected?
Any Hints From SCOTUS?
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The court won't say anything at all until they announce a date that the decision will be released. I believe they annouce the release of the decisions a day or two before they are actually released. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Most observers expect the decision to be released sometime in June, but it could go later.
Most observers expect the decision to be released sometime in June, but it could go later.
Thernlund
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The Supreme Court has no leaks (as Trebor alluded to). You won't know until a day or so before the ruling that it's even being issued. No way in hell you'll ever get any tip about what the ruling might be until it is issued.
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Unless it was fairly obvious that the ruling was going to be straightforward and uncontroversial and count only as a tiny victory for our side.
(here's to me looking stupid when they strike down everything going back to the '34 NFA)
Edit: If this whole business is so leak tight, where does the prediction of the timeframe come from?
(here's to me looking stupid when they strike down everything going back to the '34 NFA)
Edit: If this whole business is so leak tight, where does the prediction of the timeframe come from?
Brett Bellmore
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It's just a guesstimate based on how long they usually take to decide controversial cases, it's not based on any kind of leak.
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It will come out on the 9th, 16th or 23rd of this month (all Mondays). They release the opinions at 10:00 a.m. Eastern; they do not let anyone know which opinions will be released beforehand. The opinion will appear on scotusblog.com within 15 minutes of the release.
Thernlund:
The Court most certainly has leaks: The clerks. But they'd never leak a decision, only simple stuff like cert accepted/denied. I doubt prison's a possible punishment, but they go to the SC to build a successful career, not end one.
Trebor:
The decisions are available in PDF within hours of the Court's announcement, usually before lunch that day.
Kharn
The Court most certainly has leaks: The clerks. But they'd never leak a decision, only simple stuff like cert accepted/denied. I doubt prison's a possible punishment, but they go to the SC to build a successful career, not end one.
Trebor:
The decisions are available in PDF within hours of the Court's announcement, usually before lunch that day.
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divemedic
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oops, I was wrong
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Those are merely orders on petitions for writ of cert and do not reflect what opinions will, or will not be released on Monday.
Kingcreek
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The Bilderberg Group is meeting right now in Chantilly Va and probably helping the SC shape thier ruling. That is, when they aren't directing the Fed reserve bd, declaring war on Iran, setting the futures price for oil, picking the next president, etc, etc.
Yellowfin
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What in the heck is taking so long? This should have taken all of 10 minutes to decide. I hope they're not trying to find a way to rule so that CA, IL, NY, NJ, and MA's laws stay intact. We should petition for the offending judges to be disbarred and removed if they do.
El Tejon
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Most Supreme Court decisions take time.
Yes, if all of us were on the Court less than 10 minutes.
Incorporation is not at issue (nor is the NFA), but incorporation will be in the next wave of litigation.
divemedic
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I want them to take their time. This decision will be analyzed for decades to some. The wording of the decision will be dissected by lawyers for loopholes, and for ways to use it wrongly. I hope they are thoughtful and true to the CONUS.
Cosmoline
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AFAIK they never tell you what opinions are coming out when. They just issue them in batches as they wrap up this month.
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I thought this was real until I read the last part. Ha. Thanks.
GHF
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Where to Look
Green-Grizzly said:
I would put 30th on the list too, just to be safe.
Check Here - http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07slipopinion.html
Green-Grizzly said:
I would put 30th on the list too, just to be safe.
Check Here - http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07slipopinion.html
ctdonath
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That's what the SC usually does. Most verdicts are issued in June, on Mondays.
Getting 9 very powerful people to agree on how to write 100+ pages of extremely detailed, referenced, and precise language takes time - especially when the document will be the basis for enacting, challenging, and eliminating hundreds/thousands of laws & cases.
The verdict will have a lot more to it than "DC is wrong, the 3 laws in question are hereby overturned."
It was most likely decided before they even officially took the case. Making something happen is usually a lot more complex than knowing what you want to happen.
Suggestion: when the verdict is issued, read it - in its entirety - and then review your above comments.
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GHF:
Here is a calendar of the days they are releasing opinions this term (opinions released on blue days): http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/Supreme_Court/calendar/index.html.
The 23rd is the last day of this term that opinions will be released. They do occassionally release an opinion during the following term (which begins in October), but that is pretty rare (or, in this case, cruel
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Here is a calendar of the days they are releasing opinions this term (opinions released on blue days): http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/Supreme_Court/calendar/index.html.
The 23rd is the last day of this term that opinions will be released. They do occassionally release an opinion during the following term (which begins in October), but that is pretty rare (or, in this case, cruel
).Bubbles
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Don't even go there. Just... don't.
GHF
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green-grizzly said:
I stand corrected. Did not know (did not see anything about one on the Supremes web site) about a schedule. Just figured that the party for the term would run the entire month of June.
So we have slightly less than 18 full days maximum to go (assuming that they do not hold it until October) as we sit here on 5 June.
green-grizzly said:
I stand corrected. Did not know (did not see anything about one on the Supremes web site) about a schedule. Just figured that the party for the term would run the entire month of June.
So we have slightly less than 18 full days maximum to go (assuming that they do not hold it until October) as we sit here on 5 June.
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