What do you expect now that he is on board? Can we expect leaps and bounds for the Second Amendment?
Who is expected to be the next Justice to retire or expire?
harryset wrote:I like that he's in, but I'm afraid that we are now totally F'd up. Using the Nuclear option for this now guarantees that whoever has the majority control can run roughshod over everyone else. You will never be able to oppose another Supreme Court justice, all nominations will be push button installs.
harryset wrote:I like that he's in, but I'm afraid that we are now totally F'd up. Using the Nuclear option for this now guarantees that whoever has the majority control can run roughshod over everyone else. You will never be able to oppose another Supreme Court justice, all nominations will be push button installs.
The Court after Scalia: The next “conservative” Justice may not save the Second Amendment
A sober assessment of the Second Amendment’s present status must precede any attempt at predicting a “conservative” Supreme Court nominee’s impact on the Second Amendment’s future. Well before Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing, judges figured out that District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago are optional precedents. For all their powerful content, these decisions have in practice proven meaningless in the face of near-total resistance throughout the federal courts, in combination with the transparent lack of interest at One First Street in defending the Supreme Court’s eponymous position atop the judicial hierarchy. To be sure, some judges seek to apply Heller and McDonald in resolving Second Amendment disputes. But most treat the Supreme Court’s precedent as a hassle to surmount before rubber-stamping any legislative restriction on the right to bear arms. If not today, then very soon, it shouldn’t be too hard for any sufficiently dedicated and creative legislature to effectively ban firearms or just about any firearm-related activity, without worrying much about Heller. Appointing one “conservative” Justice to replace Antonin Scalia won’t improve matters. Indeed, “conservative” judges are part of the problem.
more...http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/09/the-court-after-scalia-the-next-conservative-justice-may-not-save-the-second-amendment/
Rip Van Winkle wrote:Alan Gura didn't sound too hopeful back in Sept.The Court after Scalia: The next “conservative” Justice may not save the Second Amendment
A sober assessment of the Second Amendment’s present status must precede any attempt at predicting a “conservative” Supreme Court nominee’s impact on the Second Amendment’s future. Well before Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing, judges figured out that District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago are optional precedents. For all their powerful content, these decisions have in practice proven meaningless in the face of near-total resistance throughout the federal courts, in combination with the transparent lack of interest at One First Street in defending the Supreme Court’s eponymous position atop the judicial hierarchy. To be sure, some judges seek to apply Heller and McDonald in resolving Second Amendment disputes. But most treat the Supreme Court’s precedent as a hassle to surmount before rubber-stamping any legislative restriction on the right to bear arms. If not today, then very soon, it shouldn’t be too hard for any sufficiently dedicated and creative legislature to effectively ban firearms or just about any firearm-related activity, without worrying much about Heller. Appointing one “conservative” Justice to replace Antonin Scalia won’t improve matters. Indeed, “conservative” judges are part of the problem.
more...http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/09/the-court-after-scalia-the-next-conservative-justice-may-not-save-the-second-amendment/
INOR wrote:Remember how everyone thought Roberts would be a hugely conservative appointment?
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Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court was targeted, along with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, 156 other judges, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, and prominent businessmen.
sprigfan wrote:Yep. Be careful what you wish for, because this could burn Republicans badly in the future. Now that they are in power, they could really feel the pain in the next election or two unless people see real progress. That's how it usually goes.
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