Posted on 04/07/2021 6:30:52 AM PDT by marktwain
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in an en banc panel, has found there is no “Right to Bear Arms” in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. The majority opinion was written by Judge Bybee.
The case is the long-delayed Young v. State of Hawaii. It will undoubtedly be appealed to the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS). Whether SCOTUS will grant a writ of Certiorari is unknown at this time. SCOTUS has refused to grant a hearing to nearly all Second Amendment cases for over a decade.
The consensus, at the time, was the Court was evenly split, with four justices likely in favor of enforcing the Second Amendment, and four justices in favor of gutting the Second Amendment. Justice Kennedy was considered a swing justice which could go either way. Therefore, neither side was willing to risk a case that might go against their desires.
Since then, Justice Kennedy has retired. Justice Ginsburg has died. They were replaced by Justice Kavanaugh and Justice Barrett. Both were advertised as strong originalists and textualists, who would uphold the Constitution as written.
The ruling class considers SCOTUS to have a strong conservative majority. It is far from clear. Chief Justice Roberts’ opinions turned sharply to the Left with his controversial opinion which upheld the constitutionality of Obamacare. Roberts was reported as bullying SCOTUS into finding the State of Texas did not have the standing to sue regarding constitutional irregularities in the 2020 elections.
Several seminal cases are coming before SCOTUS. Senate Majority leader Schumer directly threatened the court in March of 2020. Many think the threat was effective.
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The state can ban both open and concealed carry of arms.
The left wins by throwing so many cases at the Supreme Court, they can’t possibly hear them.
The Ninth Circuit Appeals Court is a ass.
Logic be raciss.
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Well its the ninth circuit court. What can you expect?
They will here this one. It’s the Second Amendment at stake.
“The ruling class considers SCOTUS to have a strong conservative majority.”
Bwahaha! The ruling class knows much better than this—and got just what they wanted.
They want us to wear a mask to defend against the Covid, but they don’t want us to carry a gun to defend against evil.
All these many years and suddenly poof! No rights for you.
A fourth grade level of reading comprehension doesn’t seem like too much to ask.
You are correct. It says so in black and white!
The Ninth Circuit has forfeited the right to be called American.
They are Californian and not American
(apologies to California Freepers)
The left wins by throwing so many cases at the Supreme Court, they can’t possibly hear them.
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The Left wins by staying on the offensive and by having a determined party that fights for what it wants.
don’t bank on it. They’ve punted on plenty of First Amendment cases.
Sadly I doubt that any of the Supreme Court justices have or previously had guns. Their easterners who went to Ivy League schools,
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