cert denied in Kachalsky

Why a bad time?

No doubt the Professor means the timing related to the massive gun-control campaign using Sandy Hook as the centerpiece.
We here in Illinois are dismayed, as many of us fear the Machine will view the denial as license to run wild with their own gun-control schemes, especially as relates to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals striking down our prohibition of carry outside of our own property.
It would seem to be an invitation for the state, via Attorney General Madigan, to attempt to disallow the 7th's ruling via a Supreme Court ruling.

>>It would seem to be an invitation for the state, via Attorney General Madigan, to attempt to disallow the 7th's ruling via a Supreme Court ruling.

Let's hope she goes there. Moore is the cleanest carry case we have, because it's about a right to carry "at all" - a ban on both concealed and open carry was struck and the 7th Circuit said "there has to be a way to carry".

We'd love to see the US Supremes rule on that.

If Madigan doesn't appeal, there's a significant chance IL "goes Vermont" as there's been little progress on a shall-issue bill and may-issue is politically impossible - too many gunnie legicritters, more than enough to say "no" to any bad carry bill.

Jim, with all due respect, I have to disagree about having Moore wind up at the Supreme Court.
I simply have no confidence that at least five of the justices then sitting will read the law and apply it as written.
Perhaps in my older age I've become cynical, or maybe just having been disappointed too many times, but it's no slam dunk from my point of view.
Folks spending too much time in the elite world of high politics so often seem to see themselves as becoming a power unto themselves, and able to see beyond the restrictions of the law as written.
All of which is to say, heaven only knows what would really come out the other end of the sausage maker if Moore was tossed in.
Meanwhile, I do have faith in the Machine to get a "carry" law passed in the nick of time.
There's no reason for Madigan to hurry. The passage of time works in his favor, not ours.
We're the ones with battle fatigue; the Machine people are simply sitting back and enjoying watching us work.
There are so many ways for Madigan et al to make things go their way I'm almost intrigued to see what the final outcome is.
Meanwhile, I'm not exactly concerned about breaking in any new carry holsters, not as long as I reside in this God-forsaken place.

Hard to think about this while this Boston thing is going on, God be with them all.
Anyway, I thought that this case – with all it’s merits – was putting the cart before the horse. The case would have been better if it challenged the NY Sullivan Law on the basis of not CCW but the fact that NO handgun can be possessed without an “unduly burdensome process” under “arbitrary and capacious” rules – even in the home. This would have been in line with McDonald and I think would have won. Go on to CCW after that. What do you think?
In the meantime, the grabbers are rejoicing and I’m bummed out.

Every justice who didn't vote for certiorari violated their oath of office by not upholding the constitution. It is as simple as that.

John Roberts playing politics again?