Category: Legal
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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 Follow Up
Yesterday’s article was a surprise to me. I started the post with one mindset, and ended in a different place. Occasionally, it helps to talk out your issues. It started with my statement, Snope should have been GVRed. Why? Because the Supreme Court has already done a gun ban case. It is a slam dunk,…
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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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This Nation’s Historical Tradition of …
Trump v. Wilcox on application for stay was granted. It was a 6-3 opinion. The usual suspects were on the wrong side of history, again. Justice Kagan wrote the dissent. For 90 years, Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, 295 U. S. 602 (1935), has stood as a precedent of this Court. And not just any…
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Universal Injunction and Justice Sotomayor
Justice Sotomayor used to be the least talented Justice on the Supreme Court. Ketanji Brown Jackson said, “Hold my beer!” and took that title. During the oral arguments, Sotomayor asked: So, when a new president orders that because there’s so much gun violence going on in the country and he comes in and he says,…
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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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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…
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A.A.R.P. v Trump, the follow up
In sum, literally in the middle of the night, the Court issued unprecedented and legally questionable relief without giving the lower courts a chance to rule, without hearing from the opposing party, within eight hours of receiving the application, with dubious factual support for its order, and without providing any explanation for its order. I…
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A.A.R.P. v Donald J. Trump
Big news early Saturday morning, the Supreme Court “ordered Trump administration not to deport Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act for now” — NPC News. Or did they? There is before the Court an application on behalf of a putative class of detainees seeking an injunction against their removal under the Alien Enemies Act. The matter…