SC to hear Gun Case

[westhope]

The Supreme Court agrees to hear "New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Corlett" next session. Carry outside the home.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-guns-second-amendment-national-rifle-association/2021/04/26/83e865c8-a690-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html

[Lumpy]

I wonder on what basis they decided this case deserved hearing when so many similar petitions for certiorari have been turned down.

[westhope]

I wonder on what basis they decided this case deserved hearing when so many similar petitions for certiorari have been turned down.

On the basis of the latest new justices.

[Rip Van Winkle]

The Supreme Court can only hear so many cases a year. Therefore they have to pick and choose which cases they deem most important.

[Rowdy Roddy]

The Supreme Court can only hear so many cases a year. Therefore they have to pick and choose which cases they deem most important.

But even Clarence Thomas has criticized his associates in the past for turning down 2A cases.

[Rip Van Winkle]

But even Clarence Thomas has criticized his associates in the past for turning down 2A cases.

But Thomas only has one vote on the court.

[Jackpine Savage]

We'll probably be disappointed yet again:

PREDICTION: NYSRP ET AL V. CORLETT

APRIL 26, 2021 CARL "BEAR" BUSSJAEGER

The US Supreme Court granted cert in NEW YORK STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSOCIATION , INC., ROBERT N ASH, BRANDON KOCH v. KEITH M. CORLETT. Some see this as a good thing; SCOTUS finally taking a 2A case. I’m not so optimistic.

More at link: http://zelmanpartisans.com/?p=49856

[Holland&Holland]

Quite likely unfortunately.

[jdege]

Interesting take from David Hardy:

https://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2021/04/supreme_court_t_9.php

The rule require the petition to have, right at the front, the "Question Presented," and generally when the Court grants cert, it just grants it, and the question presented is worded as the petitioner phrased it. In this case, however, the Court dictated its own version, as "Whether the State's denial of petitioners' applications for concealed-carry licenses for self-defense violated the Second Amendment."

[bstrawse]

The Minnesota GUn Owners Caucus intends to file an amicus brief arguing the 2nd amendment protects a right to carry a firearm for self-defense outside the home in this case. More to come on this effort.

Bryan

[Lumpy]

Why is the SCOTUS as an institution so unfriendly to Second Amendment cases? It isn't just individual justices or even Chief Justices, this has been a pattern going back literally a lifetime or more. We got Heller and McDonald only because the plaintiffs found a way to back the court into a corner it couldn't escape from, and at the time we for once had an originalist Chief Justice. But that's the glaring exception to the rule that J. Thomas has bitterly complained about. It isn't even that the SC wants to uphold a collectivist interpretation of the 2nd, it simply doesn't want to touch the entire subject with a 20-foot pole. WTF? Is it a case of "The Embarrassing Second Amendment", that following the letter of the Constitution would pull down the sky?

[Jackpine Savage]

I think it's because the Justices live in that rarified place called Washington DC. If they rule in favor of the 2nd they won't get invited to all the elite tea parties.