Category: Cases
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My Dicta Good, Your Dicta Bad
Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited. … courts routinely explained that the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose. This bit of text is quoted in almost every case where the state is defending their…
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Barnett v. Raoul, 24-3060 7th cir
The state has stepped up and opened their mouth in an Amicus brief in (not a good cite). The gist of the case is that the state of Illinois had a Bruen tantrum and created a new assault weapon and magazine ban. Now the United States DoJ is sticking their oar in the water. Ugh.…
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Smith & Wesson v. Mexico
In a unanimous opinion, delivered by Justice Kagan, the Supreme Court held: Because Mexico’s complaint does not plausibly allege that the defendant gun manufacturers aided and abetted gun dealers’ unlawful sales of firearms to Mexican traffickers, PLCAA bars the lawsuit — 605 U.S. ____ (2025) Thomas and Jackson both wrote concurring opinions. I have not…
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SCOTUS, a rant
During the term, the Supreme Court has multiple conferences. The Friday conference is when they decide which cases will be granted cert, which will be denied, and other issues relating to cases, outside of opinions. On the following Monday, they publish their order list. This is a list of all the cases they have an…
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Snope case is dead, Ocean State Tactical is on life support
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…
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Another Win, DOGE v. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicants and the response filed thereto, IT IS ORDERED that the April 15, 2025, and May 20, 2025 orders of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 25-cv-511, are hereby stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court.…
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A.A.R.P v Trump, 605 U.S. ___(2025) No. 24A1007
I wasn’t expecting this opinion this quickly. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the 15th, they issued their opinion on the 16th. It is only 24 pages long. This case has many concurrent issues running through it. It is important to focus on what the opinion actually does, how it does it, and what…
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Court Games
Judge Boasberg is a rogue judge. He has found himself as the judge of many cases dealing with Trump. For some reason, the magic lottery machine picks his name at “random” when the case involves Trump. While it is true that you should never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity,…
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United States, Et al. v. shilling, Commander, Et Al. 24A1030
There is a battle of procedure that takes place in our courts. That is getting to a final result. If the Supreme Court were to rule in favor of Trump in December 2028, it would not matter that he won. We would have lost. That would be four years of waiting for a final result.…
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United States v. Dugan, 2:25-mj-00397, (E.D. Wis. Apr 24, 2025)
All references can be found at United States v. Dugan. In looking for a good image to use of the Judge, I found an article written in the third person by Hannah Dugan about how wonderful she is and all the good she has done, and that she will not answer any other questions. She…