*LIVE THREAD* DC vs Heller decision due at 10:00 EST (2nd Amendment)

SCOTUS Blog ^ | 6-26-08 | shameless vanity

[RKBA Democrat]

Today is the day.

The folks at SCOTUS blog will be providing a live blog to follow developments as quickly as possible.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Arghh!!!! I’m going to be working offsite at the time and will miss it when it happens. Double Arghh!

[Prole]

[Prole]

[raybbr]

My guess is the five Justices from Hades will make this their swansong and send us into anarchy by ruling in favor of DC.

They never have to face crime and are sequestered not only in their lives but in their minds as well.

[tcostell]

Let’s all say a prayer that we don’t end up with half a baby.

[Sacajaweau]

I’ll be in the field this AM, too. Of all days.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

bumpidy bump

[xDGx]

I dunno, didn’t one of them (Souter?) get mugged while out jogging or biking or something?

I’ll guess 5-4 against DC

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

My prediction: 7-2 against DC.

[Prole]

[KoRn]

Wow! This is going to be a long, suspense filled morning.

[paul544]

I pray for two things...

1. The rumor about Scalia writing the majority is true.

2. FR doesn’t start crapping out like it did yesterday.

[dubie]

with the rash of 5-4 decisions as of late... this one has me worried...

[Prole]

[raybbr]

2. FR doesn’t start crapping out like it did yesterday.

Well, if we all stay off it won't bog down.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

/MARK

[Vaquero]

Lets hope Scalia writes the decision and not the dissent.

[raybbr]

I dunno, didn’t one of them (Souter?) get mugged while out jogging or biking or something? I’ll guess 5-4 against DC

I doesn't matter to a liberal. He wouldn't want to own a gun anyway. He'll just stay home and lock the doors and rely on the police to stop... Uh, solve the crime after he's dead.

[Prole]

[Vaquero]

I dunno, didn’t one of them (Souter?) get mugged while out jogging or biking or something?

I dunno, but if he was in my middle school I probably would have taken his lunch money!

[Joe Brower]

[BOBWADE]

Liberals like to have guns and bodyguards, they just don’t think the little people need them.

[Prole]

The sad reality is that there are more and more Stalinists creating laws for us.

With each passing day, I see more irrational and absurd behavior than the day before.

Sixty years ago, who would have guessed that the SCOTUS would decide whether or not an American has the right to self-defense with a firearm.

Americans then would laugh the democrats right out of the room for proposing such Stalinist madness.

How very far we have fallen as a society.

[The Raven]

>>My prediction: 7-2 against DC.

But if it goes the other way, the march to Washington will be like no other.

I may go on that one.

[CholeraJoe]

If the decision doesn’t go the right way look for thousands of white, disgruntled gun-toting rednecks to take to the streets.

Riiiiight, like that’s going to happen. The expression, “Fart in a windstorm” comes to mind.

[snowsislander]

While the wait is on, here's a link to the NRA's current Armed Citizen column.

[Puppage]

Wow! This is going to be a long, suspense filled morning

You said a mouthful!

[jrd]

I believe your right

[jrd]

I believe your right

[tlb]

Sorry guys. After the Guantanamo and Child Rapist decisions, I don’t have much confidence that a small thing like the 2nd Amendment will carry much weight with this court. I think gun owners lose this one.

I’ll be pleased to be wrong on that.

[WayneS]

I’m afraid half a baby is about the BEST we can hope for from the “Gang of Nine”

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Hopefully they will punt, and not write anything the grabbers can hang new laws on.
I don’t even HOPE for a good outcome here. Don’t trust any of them, not after some of the recent rulings like Kelo.
If they say anything specific it becomes a how-to manual for the grabbers. “Here’s the way you can take their guns...”

The old way is better. RKBA shall not be infringed. Shall not even be questioned, under PA law.

No sense pinging this thread, people have waited almost 70 years for this decision; we weren’t waiting near that long for Hillary’s concession and what did we get? Trampled in the crowd! Site went down and a historic thread was blighted in the bud. *sigh*

I’ll know how it went by the fireworks in this lovely valley in PA. Folks here love a good loud bang, even without cause.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

>> ... FR doesn’t start crapping out like it did yesterday.

>>> Well, if we all stay off it won’t bog down.

Heh. The site will go down like an overloaded ferry in a typhoon.

[SE Mom]

bookmark

[BigCinBigD]

Nothing less than the future of the Republic will be decided this morning.

[WVKayaker]

Heh. The site will go down like an overloaded ferry in a typhoon.

Excellent point. Maybe we should take up a collection to add servers... or we can just keep bitching when we can't get onto the site!

I'll put $50 into the kitty, today. Will anybody match it?

Special fundraiser, Jim. Give us a place to put it!

[randita]

But if it goes the other way, the march to Washington will be like no other.

The rebellion may be from within D.C. rather than from without. The people who live in the city are sick and tired of being fodder for any illegally armed criminal. They want the right to protect their property and their lives just like the rest of us have the right to do.

Outsiders won't sway the council, but insiders who vote for them will. If SCOTUS upholds the gun ban, there should be marching in the streets and a message sent loud and clear to the council.

[Blue Turtle]

Amazing...how we are all waiting on 9 people to tell us how to live our lives.

[StoneWall Brigade]

I see 5-3 against DC

[WVKayaker]

Amazing...how we are all waiting on 9 people to tell us how to live our lives.

I'm not waiting on them. I think it's has something to do with "pry" and "cold, dead hands"......

[Laverne]

I agree with you; if this ruling goes the other way, the marches will be loud and large. There will be talk of impeaching the judges (there should already be that imho due to their support for child rapists and terrorists).

But I am worried given the recent decisions.

[RKBA Democrat]

I’m uncharacteristically optimistic. I didn’t like the basic premise of suing to preserve and expand our gun rights. But here we are.

Here’s to hoping that Justice Thomas or Justice Scalia write the majority 6-3 opinion.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

What about the 9th Justice?

Did one of them keel over?

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

or we can just keep bitching

A most misunderestimated fundraising skill. ;)

[WesA]

Just think if we didn’t have Roberts & Scalia...who did they replace again? I think the two are a net (+1) for the constructionists, right?

[WesA]

err Roberts and Alito I mean...

[WesA]

basically what I’m asking...Where would Rehnquist and O’Connor come down on this?? any guesses..??

[raybbr]

Heh. The site will go down like an overloaded ferry in a typhoon.

Didn't that just happen in the past few days?

I won't be on at 10. I'll be with my sons playing. Hopefully not in the rain.

[LayoutGuru2]

Same here! Triple Arrrggghhhhh!