2nd Amendment action in the Supreme Court today

[boneaddict]

Basically transporting a firearm.....in New York

A mute issue but can always open a can of worms

[Fl0und3rz]

https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/10/supreme-court-to-hear-big-2nd-amendment-case-despite-threats-from-sheldon-whitehouse-and-other-dem-senators/

Oral arguments today.

NY tried to moot the case by changing the law, in which the laws' prospects seemed grim.  SCOTUS agreed to hear it anyway. 

[boneaddict]

Thanks for the link

[BDildine]

correct me if i'm wrong, but isnt that one of the main reasons of the court, interperet and dictate policy/law... or am I remembering my high school civics wrong?

[Fl0und3rz]

It is to settle actual conflicts by resort to principles of interpretation and bodies of law, such as the Constitution, statutes, regulations, etc. 

Here, I suppose that it was NY's plan to deny a likely 2A friendly court the opportunity to hear the conflict by changing their law (and pretending that they conflict would never again exist), only when it appeared that a dispositive ruling (in the negative for NY) from the SCOTUS was likely. 

I guess NY thought they could just stall and bleed the appellants dry and then ultimately change the law back, not having any negative SCOTUS opinion to say otherwise.   It was a slimy move, and fortunately for the appellants, SCOTUS saw through that move.

[huntnphool]

https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-may-expand-second-130109808.html

[optic2]

Dem Senators: “The Supreme Court is not well. And the people know it. Perhaps the Court can heal itself before the public demands it be ‘restructured in order to reduce the influence of politics.'”

What a bunch of delusional fools. Yeah, were going to propose sweeping Constitutional Amendments because we can't get our way.

[huntnphool]

What a bunch of delusional fools. Yeah, were going to propose sweeping Constitutional Amendments because we can't get our way.

It’s the liberal demorat way!

[TommyH]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.scotusblog.com/2019/12/argument-analysis-justices-focus-on-mootness-in-challenge-to-now-repealed-new-york-city-gun-rule/amp/

[OutHouse]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.scotusblog.com/2019/12/argument-analysis-justices-focus-on-mootness-in-challenge-to-now-repealed-new-york-city-gun-rule/amp/

Looks like they will probably declare it moot.

[Cougartail]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.scotusblog.com/2019/12/argument-analysis-justices-focus-on-mootness-in-challenge-to-now-repealed-new-york-city-gun-rule/amp/

Looks like they will probably declare it moot.

Nope.. It's going forward. A powder keg is brewing in this country and they know it.