Posted on 06/23/2008 7:20:18 AM PDT by TexasRedeye
The Court has announced that it will release opinions against (sic) at 10am Wednesday.
(Excerpt) Read more at scotusblog.com ...
Based on recent form these figure to be very depressing results.
“The Court has announced that it will release opinions against (sic) at 10am Wednesday.”
WTH does this mean, opinions against?
The only opinion remaining from the March sitting is Heller. The only Justice without a majority opinion from that sitting is Justice Scalia.
Keep your powder dry.
Opinions are historically released on Mondays. The word “against” is a typo. Should read “...again on Wednesday”. This is to clear cases here at the end of the sitting term. Heller is the only case remaining from March sittings. Six other cases are pending (according to the site). The Supremes have announced they will likely release more opinions on Thursday.
Against individual RKBA, or against the gun grabbers?
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I’m waiting for their decision on the mexicans on death row. Bush supports the un’s Court of Criminal Justice over our laws. It was sent to the SC
The only Justice without a majority opinion from that sitting is Justice Scalia.
sic is referring to a misspelling- the writer typed ‘against’ when he mean ‘again’.
Did the blog just tip off how SCOTUS was going to rule in Heller?
"Against" is a typo - just like "mean" regardless of intent of the writer. The word "mean" is a valid word but it is still a typo!
I hope so!
Did the blog just tip off how SCOTUS was going to rule in Heller?
First of all, there's no hard and fast rule that every single Justice must write a majority opinion for at least one case each term. Think about it: what if that Justice NEVER was in the majority for that term?
Second, the Chief Justice decides who writes the majority opinion. On really big cases the Chief Justice often takes it for himself.
Third, and most importantly, Scalia may not be in the majority in the Heller case - there simply are no guarantees, no matter how favorable the arguments may have seemed in March, as the vast majority of the decision-making is based on the prior court record and the written briefs filed before oral arguments.
OK, so none of the above appears very positive for our side. I'm just spelling out why we can't be assured that Scalia will be writing the majority opinion in Heller, even if we win. FWIW, I do think we'll win - "win" being defined as "DC loses and the 2nd is ruled to protect an individual right." I don't know how much more we can reasonably expect - from ANY Court. Typically, decisions are made on the most narrow basis possible (typically, though not always), and especially with a divided Court you're not likely to see a strong and broad opinion of (for example) strict scutiny being applied to all situations where a government limits firearms rights. I would certainly LIKE to see such a result, but I'm not holding my breath.
Oh I hope it comes down to him on that decision, that would be very good news indeed.
True, but only if he is in the majority. If he is not, the senior justice in the majority assigns the opinion.
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!
eeegads, it’s Monday!
:)
With McCain elected there is still a good chance he can get an appointment or 2! With pressure from conservatives he will appoint good people. Worst case scenario, dems block all appointments and the next election will be all about the Supreme Court.
This is where Rush is WRONG!!! If McCain gets in, we could claim a HUGE victory, if only nobody gets nominated.
NOBODY APPOINTED TO THE COURT OVER NEXT 4 YEARS WOULD BE A HUGE VICTORY!!!! This is why I vote for McCain
With Obama it`s all but over!!!!!
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