DonP
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We all expected this guys - take a breath
Alan Gura, who handled the DC case, also presented the oral arguments in Chicago.
Alan and the rest of the team knew this was very likely to happen and have been preparing for the appeal for about as long as the case has been up.
He has a web site on the Chicago case he posts details on, as well as transcripts and MP3 recording of the trial. It's at the bottom of my post.
The judges were pretty much bound to follow the precedent in their circuit. That's why the decision only took a couple of days to reach. No real deliberation was required. If you read the transcripts or listen to the MP3 recoding of the case, two of the judges were almost apologetic to Gura that they had to follow the original case precedent in their own circuit.
Now they have two circuits disagreeing on whether the 2nd amendment can be incorporated and apply to the states as well as the Federal government.
SCOTUS will probably grant certorari and hear the case next Fall and resolve the incorporation issue. It would be stunning if the 2nd amendment was found to be a part of the BoR that does not apply to the states!
Here's the website.
http://www.chicagoguncase.com /
I think this case will be a base for some very serious questioning for Sotomayer in her confirmation hearings, more so than any Roe v Wade stuff, and if she comes out as anti 2nd as I'm afraid she really is, she will have some Democrats in a bind if they vote for her.
Alan Gura, who handled the DC case, also presented the oral arguments in Chicago.
Alan and the rest of the team knew this was very likely to happen and have been preparing for the appeal for about as long as the case has been up.
He has a web site on the Chicago case he posts details on, as well as transcripts and MP3 recording of the trial. It's at the bottom of my post.
The judges were pretty much bound to follow the precedent in their circuit. That's why the decision only took a couple of days to reach. No real deliberation was required. If you read the transcripts or listen to the MP3 recoding of the case, two of the judges were almost apologetic to Gura that they had to follow the original case precedent in their own circuit.
Now they have two circuits disagreeing on whether the 2nd amendment can be incorporated and apply to the states as well as the Federal government.
SCOTUS will probably grant certorari and hear the case next Fall and resolve the incorporation issue. It would be stunning if the 2nd amendment was found to be a part of the BoR that does not apply to the states!
Here's the website.
http://www.chicagoguncase.com /
I think this case will be a base for some very serious questioning for Sotomayer in her confirmation hearings, more so than any Roe v Wade stuff, and if she comes out as anti 2nd as I'm afraid she really is, she will have some Democrats in a bind if they vote for her.