Chicago has now filed its brief with SCOTUS in McDonald et al. v. City of Chicago. Here's a link.
ChicagoGunCase.com
ChicagoGunCase.com
Chicago's brief mentions a few of the amici that will be filing supporting briefs. Off of the top of my head, I recall reading that the State of Illinois will be filing a supporting brief as well as a group of law professors.Will be interesting to see who files amicus briefs against applying the the Bill of Rights to the States!
Yeah, its ironic (hypocritical?) that with respect to gun bans, liberals are all of sudden huge proponents of federalism, but on every other issue they advocate for nation-wide laws.That sounds like a pretty good argument for abolishing all Federal gun laws.
I like Chicago's argument that federalism means states can deny citizens basic, fundamental, individual rights explicitly enshrined in the Bill of Rights.
By tradition, there AREN'T any rights in Chicago, merely privileges bought and sold for cash and favors.I mean that IS the purpose of federalism after all right? To allow local governments to dominate and oppress their citizens while prohibiting the federal government from doing it... Only in Daleystan would someone think that was a perfect example of federalism.
I like Chicago's argument that federalism means states can deny citizens basic, fundamental, individual rights explicitly enshrined in the Bill of Rights.
I mean that IS the purpose of federalism after all right? To allow local governments to dominate and oppress their citizens while prohibiting the federal government from doing it... Only in Daleystan would someone think that was a perfect example of federalism.
This idiocy has Daley's slimy fingerprints all over it.
It's the legal equivalent of von Paulus's defense of Stalingrad. Anybody with any sense would punt and agree to return the law to the status quo ante before the ban went into effect. But like Hitler, Daley's doing his "Sieg oder Todt" thing. and todt is exactly what he's going to get in court. Of course he's going to spend literally MILLIONS of dollars to lose in court and help trash gun control everywhere else in the country. But it's not Daley's money and he doesn't care. It's just like his using the city attorneys as his personal attorneys in the police torture suits.
Sometimes, like the Allies in WWII, one can be extraordinarily fortunate in ones selection of enemies.
As you know, there have been plenty of posters here who would totally agree with that argument.