berettaprofessor
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DonP, whatever far off land you live in, I can't reach it from here....but I'd like to.
The opinion has taken a long time to come out which could quite possibly be the result of attempts to resolve disagreements.
The opinion has taken a long time to come out which could quite possibly be the result of attempts to resolve disagreements.
I really think that they realize the interest and want to drag it out.
I mean scotusblog.com redesigned their web site to keep it from crashing due to the heavy traffic. I bet that's a first.
My fantasy is that, after delivering a 9-0 decision holding gun control laws are per se unconsititional, respondent Dick Heller is asked to approach the bench. The justices present him with a "US Supreme Court" special edition Kimber model 1911 pistol in a handsome wood presentation case signed by all the justices.
Maybe the shipment from Kimber got delayed?"
IMHO, I think everyone is reading too much into the statement that was posted on SCOTUSBlog.
Quote:
10:39 Jason Harrow - Clarification: while it appears that Justice Scalia has the principle opinion in the Guns case, it is not necessarily a majority opinion. It could be a plurality opinion.
I think this is nothing more than a CYA statement by Harrow. I don't read any more into it than that. It is kind of like saying, "I am going to the store today or I am not." Well, duh.
It's written; it's at the printer's. I'm sure there's more to writing an opinion than writing an opinion. Someone has to write a detailed summary, all the citations have to be checked, the document has to be formatted, the printer has to print it, notice to the parties probably needs to be prepared and transmitted, etc. If the Court said it will be issued tomorrow, I'm sure it will be.The opinion has taken a long time to come out which could quite possibly be the result of attempts to resolve disagreements.
Pyle-
There are a bunch of books that came out recently that do a great job of explaining the inner workings of the Supreme Court.
The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin and Supreme Conflict, by Jan Crawford Greenburg are both very good. So is Bob Woodwards new book, and his old one the Breatheren.
There is also Its a Matter of Interpretation by Scalia and Active Liberty by Breyer that explains their individual thought processes.
Reading the first 3 books is about as good as taking a Law School Constitutional Con Law class.
how is it that it will help states like New Jersey?
NJ law supercedes all federal gun laws.
NO, it DOESN'T. Let NJ pass a law mandating possession of NFA items without the NFA paperwork and see what happens.NJ law supercedes all federal gun laws.
NJ law supercedes all federal gun laws.
Want to see her stroke out? Give her EXACTLY what she claims to WANT.I bet Sarah Brady might have a stroke with that decision.
If you had to have licenses to own and to carry a gun in NYC, and NYC HAD to give you one, without unreasonable requirements or fees, she'd instantly fall to the ground, foaming at the mouth and twitching.
pyle said:I'm not very familiar with the "behind the scenes" workings of the SCOTUS in the way they acheive votes on a particular opinion but is the following possible? The delay is because the majority opinion is being written in a way as to get the most votes possible? Like the wording needs to be changed a little to get an extra vote? Just curious???
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.NJ law supercedes all federal gun laws.
Pyle-
There are a bunch of books that came out recently that do a great job of explaining the inner workings of the Supreme Court.
The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin and Supreme Conflict, by Jan Crawford Greenburg are both very good. So is Bob Woodwards new book, and his old one the Breatheren.
There is also Its a Matter of Interpretation by Scalia and Active Liberty by Breyer that explains their individual thought processes.
Reading the first 3 books is about as good as taking a Law School Constitutional Con Law class.