SCOTUS to hear important gun case on March 2nd...

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A Date to Watch For

Safariland Blog | A Date to Watch For

December 17, 2009 at 06:00 by James Dawson

A date has been set for the McDonald v. City of Chicago Supreme Court case. On March 2nd, 2010 the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments addressing whether the city of Chicago is in violation of the Constitution in banning handguns, the annual taxation of firearms, and other items. Although the SC’s previous Heller decision would seem to clearly oppose those regulations, since the case involved Washington D.C., it only applies to that location for the time being.

Although important in its own right, the case takes on a much greater importance in that it will also decide whether the 2nd Amendment is incorporated into local jurisdictions and states, much as the 1st Amendment is. In an earlier blog post, I wrote about the Nordyke decision in the 9th Circuit which incorporated the 2nd amendment as an individual right for western states, but several months later (after an en banc review) the decision was delayed in anticipation of the Supreme Court hearing this case.

This, in addition to the Heller ruling, is one of the most important firearms rights cases to ever go to the Supreme Court and the legal ramifications could be huge and long lasting. The Plaintiffs will be represented by Alan Gura (the same person that argued Heller) and a decision is expected at approximately the end of June.

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[Guest 1817ak47]

I am curious how this will end. that was insane that a person couldn't posses in D.C.

[eapking]

I'm praying that the backlash against the "friendly 5" over their recent ruling (campaign $ from corporations) doesn't somehow bite us in the butt here.

[StPatrick]

Eapking,

The "friendly 5" took a strict constitunialist interpretation when judging McCain-Feingold. If the 4 known "dead document" justices (Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, and Alito) can get that 5th vote, who will most likely be Kennedy, the outcome will be in our favor.

No matter how you feel about campaign finance, pray that their coalition stays intact for McDonald v. Chicago. If Kennedy flips and votes with Souter, Bader-Ginsberg, Sotomayor, and Stevens, the RKBA will be set back immeasuribly.

On guns, Kennedy is a coin flip. The man is a weathervane, so there's no telling where he'll land. With four strong constructionists v. four "living document" justices, he's the vote that will decide the issue. I equally look forward to, and fear greatly, the June ruling.

Buy ammo, and hope that we can burn it off in celebration come June.

[Chief07]

Kennedy is not always reliable. I want to watch this one closely.

[eapking]

Got a bad feeling about McDonald v. Chicago. Chicago always has a knack for getting their way via some skullduggery. Too many biggies involved: Daley, The Big O, and Oprah for starters.

[LagerHead]

Eapking,

The "friendly 5" took a strict constitunialist interpretation when judging McCain-Feingold. If the 4 known "dead document" justices (Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, and Alito) can get that 5th vote, who will most likely be Kennedy, the outcome will be in our favor.

No matter how you feel about campaign finance, pray that their coalition stays intact for McDonald v. Chicago. If Kennedy flips and votes with Souter, Bader-Ginsberg, Sotomayor, and Stevens, the RKBA will be set back immeasuribly.

On guns, Kennedy is a coin flip. The man is a weathervane, so there's no telling where he'll land. With four strong constructionists v. four "living document" justices, he's the vote that will decide the issue. I equally look forward to, and fear greatly, the June ruling.

Buy ammo, and hope that we can burn it off in celebration come June.

Are you saying that a case heard in March will be decided in June? The wait is killing me!

[Guest jackdm3]

Worse than Christmas and the Super Bowl.