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Parker will be the national moot court problem
Just got word from Joe Olson that the 2008 Moot Court problem will be the Parker case. Not by name, but by content (in this hypothetical, a NY Senator murders another on the floor, and the legislature responds by banning handguns and requiring long arms to be disassembled. (I have the pdf file, but it's too big to download).
UPDATE: the National Moot Court is run by the New York City Bar Ass'n. If it's still as it was in the days I competed, each law school has internal competition in second year (and chooses their own topics). The school's winners of that become their third year team, and that team briefs and argues on the national topic in regional competitions. The winners of the regionals go on to the national competition.
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I'm thinking that they are trying to help the DC guys come up with clever arguments to win.
The advantage cuts both ways. With more minds focused on it, both sides will see which arguments work and which don't. I'm not sure if Gura et al will have time to review the arguments of the top students, but I imagine there will be some good material out there to work with.
Maybe they should change the fact pattern slightly and have the shooting be in self defense by a CCW holder ?
Lets just hope that the students understand the inherent difference between senators using guns for murder and cities banning guns but not providing police protection to their citizens...
"...a NY Senator murders another on the floor..."
"Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished..."
Which organization is running this moot court competition?