Snope case is dead, Ocean State Tactical is on life support

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Chris Johnson
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Today, the Supreme Court denied cert in both Snope and Ocean State Tactical.

Thomas and Kavanaugh wrote dissents. Alito and Gorsuch joined Kavanaugh in his dissent. Amy and John sided with the agenda driven left of the court.

Because Ocean State Tactical is in an interlocutory state, they will have at least another two bites at the apple. If this outcome is any indication, I do not expect a positive result.

On the better news front, Kavanaugh listed several cases that are making their way up the chain and will be or are seeking cert.

        

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2 responses to “Snope case is dead, Ocean State Tactical is on life support”

  1. Archer Avatar
    Archer

    Ocean State Tactical was to be expected. I’m only surprised it got conferenced as many times as it did, given its interlocutory state; I expected them to deny cert a long time ago. We’ll see it again, I’m sure.

    Snope, though…. That is straight-up judicial (Justicial?) cowardice. Shocking absolutely nobody, all the women on the Court* voted to deny cert in a 2A case.**

    It’s not the end of that issue. The question will come up again and again until it’s answered. SCOTUS can’t kick the can down the road forever; they will eventually have to face it.

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    * – Including Chief Justice Roberts.
    ** – Not that women can’t or shouldn’t serve as judges or Justices as long as they adhere to the Constitution. It’s just interesting how often the females (since we can’t define “woman”) on the Supreme Court vote to deny cert in 2A cases, and how often Roberts — lacking testicular fortitude, maybe? — is the only male to vote with them time and again.

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    1. Archer Avatar
      Archer

      While writing this last comment, I wanted to say something about Justice Barrett, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, so I left it out.

      I figured it out what was bugging me about her:

      She’ll very likely vote with the Constitution on 2A cases that are brought to her. That’s a point in her favor. (See: Bruen)

      However, she seems inclined to not take 2A cases, and hear as few as possible. She’ll vote in favor if forced, if (and only if) the rest of the Court grants cert and hears a 2A case … but given the choice she denies cert so 2A cases don’t get that far.

      Not to over-analyze, but it seems like she’ll support the Constitution if pressed, but she doesn’t like guns so she tries to avoid that particular issue.

      It only takes four Justices to grant cert, which means SCOTUS would have taken up Snope if one more Justice had voted to grant cert. It doesn’t matter who; ANY of the other six would do.

      We’re complaining about Chief Justice Roberts’ vote, but Roberts is well-known to be a Republican-appointed non-confrontational squish. We should be complaining more about Justice Barrett.

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