Category: Cases
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State of New York v. Donald J. Trump (25-cv-01144) S.D. New York
This is the case out of New York’s Southern District, under the Second Circuit. The Second Circuit is anti-gun and anti-“The People”. The Southern District translates to New York City. If you can find a pro-gun or pro constitution judge in the Southern District of New York, you are doing better than most people. The…
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SCOTUS watch
This is a difficult post for me. I want the Supreme Court to hear a Second Amendment case this term. I don’t think it is going to happen. The normal procedure is for a case to get on the docket. The Court gives the party time to file briefs. Once all the briefs are filed,…
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SCOTUS Watch: Snope and Ocean State Tactical
We are still in a holding pattern. At this instant, the January 27th order list has been released. Neither case is on it. This means that neither case has been summarily denied certiorari. They were not granted certiorari, either. Later today, the dockets should be updated. If they are relisted, we still have a chance…
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SCOTUS watch (Updated)
As of 1100 Tuesday, we have heard that cert was NOT denied in Snope nor in Ocean State Tactical. This means that when the dockets are updated later today, we are likely to see them Distributed for Conference of 1/24/2025. This is as expected. NEXT Monday is when I become concerned, if the cases are…
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Grey v. Jennings
In two days, we will get our next cup of tea leaves. On the 16th, Gray waived the 14-day waiting period for distribution of Petition. They requested that the case be distributed for the January 10th conference on December 24th. They did, indeed, get their reply in on time. Amazing how the good guys get…
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VanDerStock, things I learned
According to the Solicitor General of the United States: And Congress made clear in the statutory history that the reason it used that term (weapon) is because there are objects out there, toys and tools, that have a well-known non-weapon use but that actually do expel projectiles through the action of an explosive. A —…
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Next Step In the Battle for the Second Amendment
The Second Amendment should be a viable defense for anybody charged with a “gun crime”. Found carrying with an expired CCW? Second Amendment defense. Cross an imaginary line and your right to carry disappeared? Second Amendment defense. We should have seen 100s if not 1000s of cases over the years where the defendants argued that…
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Lawyers are strange?
Barnett v. Raoul, 3:23-cv-00209, (S.D. Ill.) is one of the cases filed in response to the Illinois Bruen tantrum. It was opened January 24, 2023. It was decided at the district court level in favor of The People. It was part of the group of cases that went to the Seventh Circuit where Judge Easterbrook…
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U.S.A. v. Jackson
One of the hard things to accept is that so many inferior courts think that when a case is vacated and remanded, it isn’t for good reason. The courts speak in polite ways. You don’t call out a judge for being an idiot. No matter how often they open their mouth to remove all doubt.…