Category: Legal
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Koons v. Platkin — Part II
B.L.U.F. More on District Judge Renee Marie Bumb’s opinion on NJ’s Bruen spasm legislation, Chapter 131. The case is currently being appealed to the Third Circuit court as Ronald Koons v. Attorney General New Jersey, 23-1900, (3rd Cir.) Her Historical Analysis The first 50 pages or so of the opinion covered Judge Bumb’s analysis of…
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Progress?
In my “docket alerts” over at CourtListener, I have over 30 alerts set. Each alert causes the site to send me email when a case is updated. I’ve talked about how long it takes to get a case through to completion. The excellent news, today, is that completion now feels like it will be a…
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Koons v Platkin — Bruen Spasm Response
B.L.U.F. A District Judge in New Jersey issues her order and opinion on a motion for a Preliminary Injunction. She is not happy with the state. She does an okay read of Bruen, finds in part for the plaintiffs (good guys) and in part for the defendants (bad guys/state). Good News In conclusion, the Second…
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Quote of the Day
The Second Amendment provides: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” We explained in Heller and McDonald that the Second Amendment “guarantee[s] the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation.” Heller,…
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Games People Play -> You Lie Down with Dogs
Background The Supreme Court has ruled that the meaning of an Amendment is locked to the time it was adopted. The People at that moment of time analyzed the end and decided that the means proposed was properly balanced. If The People decide that the original analysis was wrong, they will go through the process…
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The Games People Play
In talking to my wife this morning, she was telling me how angry she got reading about Judge Easterbrook and Illinois’ continual attack on the Second Amendment. She couldn’t understand why they kept doing what they were doing. There is no need to delve into the “whys” of it, it is not relevant. The only…
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Antonyuk v. Hochul, 22-2972, (2d Cir.)
Brief update on the cases before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. There are a number of Second Amendment Cases that are before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. While other circuits will consolidate cases, it looks like the Second Circuit did not. This means that there are four or five different cases to track.…
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Bad Judge Wants to Write More Bad Opinions
B.L.U.F. We previously wrote about how a single judge wrote a few terrible opinions. We now look at how he is using those same arguments in current cases, post Bruen. More History In 2019, the Seventh Circuit heard the case of Wilson v. Cook County, 937 F.3d 1028 (7th Cir. 2019). This was a case…
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Bad Judge Writes More Bad Opinions — UPDATED
The Question Does an ordinance that prohibits possession of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines violate the Second Amendment protections? The City of Highland Park, IL, has an ordinance that does just that. Arie Friedman filed a lawsuit challenging the ordinance in state court in 2013. The city had it removed to the District Court of…
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Bad Judges Continue to Make Bad Opinions
B.L.U.F. Judges have history, and it is important to understand their history. We explore a series of opinions issued by one Judge that are consistently anti-Second Amendment, even though the Supreme Court has told him he is wrong. National Rifle Ass’n of Amer., Inc. v. City of Chicago, 567 F.3d 856 (7th Cir. 2009) Back…