[FR Class of 1998]

A collective rights decision by the court in Heller would invoke an era of unilaterally revisable contracts by violating the statehood contract between the United States and Montana, and many other states.

That era began in 1865. Was Montana not paying attention?

[davisfh]

Interesting! Very interesting!!

[kalee]

ping

[EternalVigilance]

Well, Montana’s a really nice place to live...

[Redmen4ever]

If Obama is elected, we all should secede.

[RTO]

Now it begins... I expect Idaho to follow Montana’s lead. Let us see who has a bigger set of brass nuts: the SCOTUS or Montana. I’ll put my money on Montana.

[bill1952]

Count on my family moving to Montana in that case!

[CapnJack]

Whats a small “double-wide” on 100 acres going for these days in south central Montana?

[TheZMan]

I’m a southern boy by birth, but by God I would put up with the snow for this.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Something to ponder...?

[BuffaloJack]

If the courts decide to change the meaning of the Constitution, many states besides Montana could sue for breach of contract.

[coloradan]

Ping!

[Redcloak]

I was thinking that this was apocryphal, given that your source is an email, but then I found this...

JOHNSON JOINS "HELLER" CHORUS

 

HELENA—Secretary of State Brad Johnson  joined the many other Montanans who have weighed in on the DC v. Heller case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court.  A letter to the editor from Johnson appeared in today’s Washington Times, urging the court to protect an individual’s right to bear arms.

“This is an important issue for Montanans,” Johnson said. “Many of Montana’s elected officials spoke out on this issue; I am proud to be among them.”

The letter can be found at this link.

Johnson’s letter argued that Montana’s agreement with the United States to enter the union included Montana’s constitution at the time, which guaranteed the right of “any person” to bear arms. He urged the Supreme Court to uphold an individual rights interpretation of the Second Amendment, rather than a collective interpretation, as best in keeping with Montana’s Compact with the United States.

Many other elected officials around Montana have concurred in a statement of the same argument, in a bipartisan effort to defend Montanans’ individual right to keep and bear arms. The list of officials, as well as their resolution, can be found at: http://www.progunleaders.org.

[Liberty Valance]

Excellent!

[Enterprise]

Do you happen to know if Montana Officials have filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court stating this, or otherwise affirming the RKBA in support of the 2nd Amendment?

[Seruzawa]

And Montana will do... WHAT? Secede? Hahahahaha! This is the sort of idiocy that the same people who bought into the “sovreign citizen” and admiralty courts scam will believe. Montana is going to do whatever the USSC tells it to do. No more. No less. The Federal cops will ensure that they do. The States were enslaved to the federal beast over 135 years ago

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[grey_whiskers]

Just curious. Does Montana have any ICBM bases?

Cheers!

[claudiustg]

I’ve got to go with Brab on this one. Don’t mess with Montana.

[Kickass Conservative]

Funny, there was no National Guard when the Second Amendment was written. Militias were armed citizens, not organized until needed.