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Supreme Court rules NYSRPA v. NY is moot
Opinion here. Justice Alito, joined by Gorsuch and Thomas (in part) has a powerful dissent, essentially saying NY set out to moot this case precisely because we accepted it.
UPDATE: having read the dissent... it looks like we have three Justices signing on to Gorsuch's "text, history and tradition" test. That is, forget about standards of review. If a restriction wasn't known (perhaps even widespread) around the time of the Framing, it is unconstitutional. By that standard, even bans on concealed carry are questionable (first one was 1813, as I recall, and they didn't become widespread until the late 19th century). That's three votes against law that is likely to come before the Court. There may of course be more, some Justices may like that standard but thought the case was moot. Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence hints that way.
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Thanks Roberts. We clearly need to replace another liberal justice for anything to happen.
roberts and kav have dishonored themselves
the dissent should have been the decision
this is a truly sad day for the republic
2nd amendment cases are like your crazy Uncle. No one really likes them and when they do appear everybody avoids them.
The 10 or so cases the USSC were holding in limbo have all been distributed for conference May 1st. Here's hoping they pick a winner and have the balls to issue a real decision. (Unless they're just going to drop them all down the toilet.)
anon 8:23
given the cowardice of roberts and kav’s cave the other ten are going for the facisists thx roberts for showing your turncoat and kav for caving
how could a sentient being read the permit process and not determine the regulations to be an infringement on the second ammendment rights of any US citizen?
no, expecting justice from this crop of cowards and facisits and oath breakers is just fantasy
the scum have sold out the constitution again
Did we really expect anything else? I do think they are driven by politics and honestly have become afraid of making hard decisions that go against the "progressive" agenda.
Sad!