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From a lawyer buddy of mine:
The DC Primary is tomorrow...
....And only 9 people vote.
District of Columbia v. Heller is being argued tomorrow. If you didn't know, one of the issues in this case is whether the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees an individual right, at the federal level, to own firearms, or whether the right is collective, meaning essentially that no one has such a right. The case is much more complex than that, and the Supreme Court's decision need not address state issues, and there are ways to weasel around the core issue, but...
If the Court holds, before November, that there is no individual right, before November, Hillary Clinton and/or Barack Obama might as well be George McGovern or Howard Dean. An avalanche will sweep large states with substantial rural and gun-owning populations like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Michigan, and Florida, not to mention largeish mid-sized states like Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina, and Missouri, destroying all Democrats in its path.
If the Court finds an individual right before November, politics resumes as usual.
Isn't it wonderful that we have an apolitical Supreme Court?
....And only 9 people vote.
District of Columbia v. Heller is being argued tomorrow. If you didn't know, one of the issues in this case is whether the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees an individual right, at the federal level, to own firearms, or whether the right is collective, meaning essentially that no one has such a right. The case is much more complex than that, and the Supreme Court's decision need not address state issues, and there are ways to weasel around the core issue, but...
If the Court holds, before November, that there is no individual right, before November, Hillary Clinton and/or Barack Obama might as well be George McGovern or Howard Dean. An avalanche will sweep large states with substantial rural and gun-owning populations like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Michigan, and Florida, not to mention largeish mid-sized states like Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina, and Missouri, destroying all Democrats in its path.
If the Court finds an individual right before November, politics resumes as usual.
Isn't it wonderful that we have an apolitical Supreme Court?
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