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Legal challenge to recent NY law
Con law folks say it has serious merit.
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Sadly the merits of the case are not important, all that matters are which administration nominated the judge/justice. I know there are some that do care, but almost all of those are conservatively picked. Few (if any) from the "progressive" side can look at the gun issue from a strictly constitutional viewpoint.
It would seem that Posner (IL concealed carry case) had the integrity to look beyond his own opinions.
I agree, Posner's intellectual honesty was a breath of fresh air from a federal court. Too bad its the exception to the rule.
There are some who care, it's true. But so few.
I've just had this romantic notions that Judges should be guardians of the law, whether they like it or not, and not policy makers. You should get pretty much the same interpretation of the law from any judge.
*sigh* was that ever the case?
I would ask that the lawyers arguing these cases remind themselves and the courts that the 2nd Amendment says nothing about "self defense" or "hunting", so the arguments that you don't need more than 10 rounds (or 7 or 30) to kill a deer or a rapist are not relevant.