DC appeals Parker case to SCOTUS

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Local government officials in Washington, D.C., decided on Monday to appeal to the Supreme Court in a major test case on the meaning of the Second Amendment. The key issue in the coming petition will be whether the Amendment protects an individual right to have guns in one's home.
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If SCOTUS grants cert, we'll find out which justices actually try to interpret the Constitution (and in the context of the Federalist Papers, etc., that explain the intended meaning), and which ones just pull decisions out of their asses.

To a degree, we already know.

Since the 9th Circuit holds the "collective rights" view, there's at least a 75% chance that individual rights will prevail.:D
 
Holy crap. :what:

LET'S ROLL!!!

(as an aside: Who's running the "multiple people filing to buy a post-86 full auto new in box M4 so we can get denied and sue to overturn 922(o)" thing?)
 
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The petition would have been due Aug. 7, but city officials said they would ask Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., for a 30-day extension of time to file the case. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and city Attorney General Linda Singer disclosed the appeal plan at a press conference, along with local Police Chief Cathy Lanier.

The D.C. Circuit Court ruled on March 9 that the Second Amendment does guarantee an individual right to possess a gun -- at least within one's own home. The case is Parker, et al., v. District of Columbia (docket 04-7041). On May 8, the Circuit Court refused by a 6-4 vote to rehear the case en banc. The mandate is scheduled to be issued Aug. 7, but will be withheld after the city files its Supreme Court petition.
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Well, this should be fun to watch.

I wonder how many new FFL dealers DC is about to have. It could be a pretty good business move to get the paper work started right about now.
 
well, is there anything an ordinary citizen can do except wring hands and wait and see what SCOTUS does?

i dont' know whether to jump up for joy or to puke.
 
well, is there anything an ordinary citizen can do except wring hands and wait and see what SCOTUS does?

i dont' know whether to jump up for joy or to puke.
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True enough.

It should be a slam-dunk case. There's nothing but recent legal "theorizing" to support the notion that the 2nd Amendment means anything but a guarantee of the right of individuals to keep and bear arms (and probably also the right to have official community militias, training, etc., and the responsibility to serve in them, all separate from the National Guard as it currently exists).

Unlike many civil rights cases, this shouldn't be too complicated. But who can trust SCOTUS at this point?
 
The list of BAD SCOTUS rulings to way to long for me to be happy with this. If they take it (which I doubt they will), we'll at least know it there is any hope left in this fight.

My big fear is another stupid ruling and our courageous law makers breathing a huge sigh of relief that they are off the hook. "The Court has ruled. We can't do anything. Sorry folks." :banghead:

Nope. This does not fill me with great hope. But hey, this Hen Basket ain’t even started to gain any real speed yet.
 
If we lose there will be no revolution. Just a slow descent into socialism and an authoratarian state.
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I wouldn't be too sure about that, there are plenty of Americans with proud heritage that may feel differently.

One thing is for sure, the true face of our government, and how we as citizens are viewed, will soon be revealed...
 
I wouldn't be too sure about that, there are plenty of Americans with proud heritage that may feel differently.
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That may be true but so long as the cable TV is up and running and Domino's still deliver's pizza no one will care enough to do anything about it.
 
BTW you're all aware that SCOTUS doesn't have to hear the case, right?

That would mean that the DC law would remain overturned, the 2nd Amendment would not be undermined, but we also wouldn't have a sweeping decision.

Also, this court tends to make rather narrow decisions.

There are more variables than you can shake a stick at.
 
no one will care enough to do anything about it.
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Most won't.
A few will.
It only takes a few.
That they have been waiting patiently for the Constitutional system to work as planned doesn't mean they won't go to the fourth box when the third box is empty.
 
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