These four associate justices could have voted to hear any of the 10 petitions, but not all four chose to bring the cases before the court. That’s telling in as much as it is disturbing. The fact that four justices who complained the court needed to hear Second Amendment cases passed on 10 chances to do so tells us much about the court’s “swing vote.”
One or more of the conservative justices are in essence telling us Roberts cannot be trusted to interpret the Second Amendment as written, or faithfully apply the precedents of the Heller and McDonald decisions. He ruled in the 5-4 majority in both those cases.
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It’s going to take a new justice to stand up for American rights. The next president and Senate will determine whether the Second Amendment will mean anything in America or whether it will continue to be treated as a constitutional orphan.
Lawrence Keane
June 17, 2020
SCOTUS Gun Case Denials Signal Conservative Justices Don’t Trust Roberts With The Second Amendment
[Via email from Rolf.—Joe]
Trust, is something no one should have in government. 100’s of millions were murdered in the 20th. century because of it.
We already know that Roberts can’t be trusted to apply any part of the Constitution correctly. He’s shown it time and time again. He’s just another left wing Humpty-Dumpty “judge”.
And, Alito and Thomas are aging…
Jeff B.
Not as quickly as RBG. This is why keeping Trump in the WH is so important. I doubt that she makes it through another 4 years.
She’d be 91 (almost 92). Far from impossible. Anyone’s guess what could happen in 2024.
I don’t like her perspective on 2A issues, but IMHO she is second to none on 4A issues. Unfortunately, it seems that we get one or the other in most cases. Gorsuch seems to me to be pretty good on both.