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Supreme Court Gun Ban Ruling Expected Real Soon
 | Hat tip Drudge. I fear for the Second Amendment. Get ready. |
The U.S. Supreme Court today did not release its long-awaited ruling on whether the District's handgun ban violates the Second Amendment. That means the potentially landmark decision will almost certainly come tomorrow morning when the court is planning to issue the last of its rulings for the term. The case, District of Columbia v. Heller, which was argued nearly four months ago, could settle the decades-old debate over whether the Second Amendment grants individuals the right to own firearms.
That the Court has left this to the last day of its term suggests that they'll find that the 2nd applies only to militias and is limited only to states. Justice Kennedy will swing with the other four liberal justices, and no doubt he'll find some 'emerging international consensus on gun control' to satisfy him.
If this is the way the ruling goes, I expect a new constitutional amendment to be introduced in Congress if Republicans have brains (hah) it will be filed the very next day and debated in, say, mid-October. And I can imagine Obama trying to get out of the way.
And if a new amendment isn't filed in the Congress, look for states to step up and propose such an amendment by calling for a new constitutional convention (via Article V). That would make politics very interesting. |
Posted by: Steve White 2008-06-26 |
