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Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but the district judge it's been sent back down to for reconsideration under strict scrutiny is: U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Blake Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1995. One year after the AWB. I fully expect another appeal will be necessary.
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Another appeal, regardless of the trial court decision is not only necessary but desired.
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4ager: Excellent post. Nice work on that.
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I too am obliged for this post, thankee 4ager
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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Another appeal, regardless of the trial court decision is not only necessary but desired. Yes, but I wouldn't put it past a Clinton appointee to still find the bans perfectly legit under strict scrutiny, and then we don't have our splits and the Supreme Court could still decide it's not "ripe" enough.
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Another appeal, regardless of the trial court decision is not only necessary but desired. Yes, but I wouldn't put it past a Clinton appointee to still find the bans perfectly legit under strict scrutiny, and then we don't have our splits and the Supreme Court could still decide it's not "ripe" enough. Her ruling is essentially irrelevant at this point, as it will be appealed for a de novo review. It is not her ruling that renders the split, but that of the Appeals Court, and the split is on scrutiny, not on the viability of the ban.
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Her ruling is essentially irrelevant at this point, as it will be appealed for a de novo review. It is not her ruling that renders the split, but that of the Appeals Court, and the split is on scrutiny, not on the viability of the ban. Correct me if I'm wrong (and I almost surely am). But if she twists the logic around to where the ban is permissible under strict scrutiny, then our appeal would be less about the level of scrutiny and more about whether AR's and standard magazines are common weapons/etc/etc/etc. The Supreme Court could ignore the scrutiny issue (again), though even then I think they'd be stretching to do that. But if agreeing to ignore the scrutiny issue is what it takes to get 5 votes, I think they would pass on it. There definitely is politics at play in SCOTUS.. Whereas if she rules the bans unconstitutional under strict scrutiny, then Maryland's primary appeal would almost certainly be over the level of scrutiny that should be required. I don't expect both her and the appeals court to uphold a ban under strict scrutiny, but I didn't expect the Supreme Court to let the Highland case with at least 1 split already out there.
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Her ruling is essentially irrelevant at this point, as it will be appealed for a de novo review. It is not her ruling that renders the split, but that of the Appeals Court, and the split is on scrutiny, not on the viability of the ban. Correct me if I'm wrong (and I almost surely am). But if she twists the logic around to where the ban is permissible under strict scrutiny, then our appeal would be less about the level of scrutiny and more about whether AR's and standard magazines are common weapons/etc/etc/etc. The Supreme Court could ignore the scrutiny issue (again), though even then I think they'd be stretching to do that. But if agreeing to ignore the scrutiny issue is what it takes to get 5 votes, I think they would pass on it. There definitely is politics at play in SCOTUS.. Whereas if she rules the bans unconstitutional under strict scrutiny, then Maryland's primary appeal would almost certainly be over the level of scrutiny that should be required. I don't expect both her and the appeals court to uphold a ban under strict scrutiny, but I didn't expect the Supreme Court to let the Highland case with at least 1 split already out there. She could try to twist it. Hell, she could rule than a water gun is ban permissible under strict. The Appeals Court will evaluate her entire ruling under strict and determine whether she applied it correctly and whether her decision is correct. Her ruling at this point is a formality. There is no way the ban passes under strict at the Appeals Court level, and that appeal to the SCOTUS is what matters because THAT gives us the split needed and the 2nd and 7th essentially dared the SCOTUS to take the cases anyway. With the split on scrutiny, they will. At the SCOTUS level, the SCOTUS sets the questions for the case.
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
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Regardless of what level of scrutiny is reached, I find it hard to believe that any party can actually articulate how banning assault rifles serves a compelling government interest (stopping murders) when 2% of murders were committed with rifles.
What they really fear is the application of the reason behind the second amendment, crushing the leviathan by the unwashed masses.
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Regardless of what level of scrutiny is reached, I find it hard to believe that any party can actually articulate how banning assault rifles serves a compelling government interest (stopping murders) when 2% of murders were committed with rifles.
What they really fear is the application of the reason behind the second amendment, crushing the leviathan by the unwashed masses. Very, very true.
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