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Richmond Times-Dispatch covers the Thomas concurrence
It’s not often one sees a newspaper article that reproduces large portions of a Supreme Court opinion . It’s a far cut above the usual “the decision will have these policy effects,” or “these people cheered it and those people don’t like it.” To actually report a decision, and edit it down to suitable size, requires too much work.
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As I noted during the last such exercise, the Supreme Court considers each two-week session of oral arguments a “sitting,” and the custom is that each Justice (if at all possible) gets to write at least one opinion from each sitting. McDonald was heard during the sitting of February 22. That sitting had 13 cases, one of which was dismissed after it settled.
Full StorySelf defender downs cop-killer
This posting points to a memorable 1999 event which doesn’t seem to have attracted much media interest (it happened in Phoenix, and don’t remember hearing of it before this).
Full StoryFor the third time, a Chicagoan blasts a robber with an unregistered gun
This time, a pawnbroker kills an armed robber , who’d been convicted of robbery before but apparently paroled after boot camp . [I always thought that was a singularly foolish idea.
Full StoryCandidate for AZ governor
I met Buz Mills at the annual NRA meeting. It’s not often you see a serious gubernatorial candidate who owns Gunsite Academy — I don’t suppose that leaves much room for doubt on his Second Amendment views. What reminded me of this was word that he’s filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case involving Arizona’s publicly-funded elections statutes.
Full StoryElena Kagan nominated for Supreme Court
And Paul Campos asks whether she is the next Harriet Miers?
Full StoryThoughts on picking a non-judge for the Supreme Court
An interesting article in the National Law Journal. I’d agree that the tend of the last few decades — select only Federal Court of Appeal judges, on the theory that they have experience and a track record — is one that treats judging as something separate from knowing the law
Full StoryWash. Times on Starbucks debate
Editorial here . Interesting note: “From sea to shining sea, the climate for guns is changing, and the progress extends beyond Starbucks
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