[WhiskeyX]

Can anyone now think of a reason why a number of Supreme Court Justices are not now liable for impeachment for a breach of their oath of office with regard to the Constitution and its Second Amendment mandate a citizen has the right to keep and bear arms?

[BuckeyeTexan]

I know that one should not infer anything about the Court's opinion from a denial of cert, but I find it hard not to do so with Drake. The 3rd Circuit's ruling was particularly egregious and out of sync with a majority of rulings from the other circuits.

SCOTUS had the chance to make a definitive ruling here on whether or not the 2nd Amendment extends to carrying a weapon outside the home for self defense. That they chose not to hear Drake leaves me to wonder many things:

• if they don't believe that 2A extends that far
• if the conservatives didn't vote to hear the case because they weren't sure they'd prevail
• if they decided that Alan Gura has enough success (*snort*) in 2A cases with Heller and McDonald
• what the heck were they thinking?

I hope that someday when Scalia or Thomas are gone, they'll publish their conference deliberation notes. Wouldn't that be a fly-on-the-wall glimpse into the inner workings of SCOTUS!

[KrisKrinkle]

Can anyone now think of a reason why a number of Supreme Court Justices are not now liable for impeachment for a breach of their oath of office with regard to the Constitution and its Second Amendment mandate a citizen has the right to keep and bear arms?

"The right of the people to keep and bear arms" is a series of words whose meaning, scope, extent, is pretty much undefined. Pro 2A folks continually emphasize "shall not be infringed" when they should put more emphasis on exactly what it is that shall not be infringed.

[Soul of the South]

“Can anyone now think of a reason why a number of Supreme Court Justices are not now liable for impeachment for a breach of their oath of office with regard to the Constitution and its Second Amendment mandate a citizen has the right to keep and bear arms?”

The Republican House can vote articles of impeachment on any federal judge at any time it wishes. The absence of any effort to impeach indicates agreement with the decisions.