r/gunpolitics • u/CaliforniaOpenCarry • 20d ago

Supreme Court Second Amendment Update 12-14-2024

https://open.substack.com/pub/charlesnichols/p/supreme-court-second-amendment-update-2db?r=35c84n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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u/DigitalLorenz 20d ago

Something to keep in mind, the state response for Gray v Jennings was due this past Thursday and the response for MSI v Moore is due on Monday. Adding in those two cases makes it 4 cases to discuss, probably in quite detail. My hypothesis is that there is a faction that wants to take at least one 2A case, if not multiple case, and they want to present a pile of cases to the rest of the court.

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u/Icy_Custard_8410 20d ago

We know Alito and Thomas are ready per the response to IL cases.

Gorsch and Kavanugh I would hope , esp Kav after Heller 2.

The liberal wing does liberal anti things, Jackson maybe a bit more willing than the rest as she has said they need to take more 2A cases.

And finally Roberts and Barrett…I personally don’t trust Barrett. Roberts is like toilet paper in the wind, now that court packing threat is remove he should come along but he will always water down opinions as to not rock the boat too much

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u/Bright_Crazy1015 20d ago

Why does Jackson want more 2A cases, though? I won't ever trust she has good intentions about constitutional law in general, and surely not 2A.

After Bruen, I had a bit of faith, then we got Rahimi, and that decision stomped the faith right out. I expect that's why she wants more 2A cases.

Federal appointments aren't "for life" in our constitution. They're "for such a period of good behavior."

We need a mechanism that works. Requiring a 2/3 majority to impeach doesn't work when you have a partisan congress split down the middle by two parties and exploitable appointments.

Congress is forced to appoint the least bad, assuming they have a sane majority party at the time. That's a terrible way of doing things.

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u/Icy_Custard_8410 20d ago

Never said she had good intentions, she said there needs to be more 2A cases

She’ll fall in line with the rest of the liberals aka they hate the 2nd. so while she’ll be anti it’s still a vote to grant cert.

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u/Bright_Crazy1015 20d ago

Just making the point.

Fair enough. Cheers.