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SCOTUS takes no action on Drake
Drake v. Jerejian, the challenge to New Jersey's "may issue" system for licensing to carry, was set for the conference (where votes are taken) of last Friday. Today the Court issued its orders from that conference, and said nothing about the case. It's now up for consideration on April 25.
Conferences are entirely private, so we can't know what went on. I can think of several possibilities. Most obviously, perhaps some Justices wanted longer to think it over. A good sign. Or perhaps they wanted to see what would happen in the Ninth Circuit -- will California be allowed to intervene, which might mean a petition for cert.? There really is no way to say, although either of these possibilities mean the Court is giving it serious consideration.
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The calendars for case consideration on both the 18th and 25th look very heavy - here's the one for the 25th:
https://certpool.com/conferences/2014-04-25
May be as simple as "they got too busy" (on the 18th)?
We always read too much into these things. We can speculate all night and all day, but whether they take it or not, we'll never know why and who came down on which side.
It only takes four of them to vote to grant cert. I suspect the four who vote to take it will know they have the votes to help gun owners or screw gun owners. If neither side thinks they have the votes, well, I guess its a big NEXT!
"Conferences are entirely private, so we can't know what went on."
The NSA will neither confirm nor deny whether the conference was entirely private.
Has the 9th given an indication when they would decide?
Would "waiting for the 9th" in this context involve a Justice calling Kozinski et al. and suggesting they decide about Harris's request sooner rather than later?
The 9th might be waiting on Drake, after all.