Category: Legal
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Worth v. Jacobson, Eight Circuit Court (18-20yo)
(625 words) This is another case where the state wants 18, 19, and 20-year-olds to be excluded from The People for Second Amendment purposes, while still treating them as full on adults for other government needs. Age-restrictions like Minnesota’s are part of the American tradition of gun regulation going back to both the founding and…
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The State of the State’s Arguments
B.L.U.F. A long look at what the state is arguing. It has become repetitive. We continue to examine each filing made by the state, looking for some new argument. The best I’ve found is “oh, look at what all the district courts in infringing states have said!” (3000 words) Four-hundred ninety-four days ago, the Supreme…
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Andrew Hanson v. DC Amicus Briefing (magazine ban)
B.L.U.F. Multiple states filed an Amicus Brief in the magazine ban out of the District of Columbia. They use the same old arguments. There are a few interesting bits of lawyering, things to pay attention too. All of this is designed to shave the corners of a square peg to get it to fit through…
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Progress, Koons v. AG New Jersey No. 23-1900 (3d Cir.)
(750 words) They held oral arguments in this case today. It was before a three judge panel. I listened to about 1.5 hours of nearly three hours of arguments. The state went first, they made some interesting arguments. I need to pay careful attention to the actual arguments because they sounded better than anything I’ve…
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Miller v. Bonta, Round 4, Ninth Circuit Court, FIGHT! -edited
B.L.U.F. This is a challenge to California’s weapons ban. Judge Benitez used Heller, following the instructions of Bruen, and decided the case for the plaintiffs (good guys). An analysis of the state’s request for an emergency stay pending appeal shows the state in nearly full on panic. (2400 words) It looks like this case has…
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Duncan v. Bonta, stayed pending Appeal
B.L.U.F. The Ninth Circus court issues a stay pending appeal in the California magazine ban. (1200 words) I have written reams of electronic paper talking about how the court system “works”. At the top is the Supreme Court. The first level of Article III inferior courts is the Circuit Court of Appeals. The next level…
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Quick Update Garland v. Vanderstok
B.L.U.F. This is the frames and receivers rule. (650 words) On October 5th, 2023, the DoJ applied on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket for the court to vacate the injunction issued by the N.D. Texas. As we have discussed for the circuit courts, the Supreme Court has an “administrative panel”. Each circuit court has a…
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Virginia Duncan v. Rob Bonta, 23-55805, (9th Cir. Oct 03, 2023) ECF No. 9
B.L.U.F.Short discussion of the level of honesty from the state. I’m under the weather, so nothing too long, I hope. (I can hope, it just doesn’t happen.) (2200 words) Duncan v. Bonta is the case that started in 2017 challenging California’s magazine ban. Judge Benitez found magazine bans to be unconstitutional. He enjoined the state…
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Court Procedures Done Right
On September 26, 2023, Governor Newsom signed a bunch of infringing laws into effect. The Bad News Governor Newsom signed new gun safety measures into law — strengthening the state’s public carry regulations, requiring microstamping on handgun cartridges to help trace guns used in crimes, keeping guns away from potentially dangerous individuals, enacting a first-in-the-nation…
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Status of Cases
(Words 1200) Just what the title says, a number of cases with either short histories or simply where the are in the process. National Rifle Association v. Commissioner, Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement, 21-12314, (11th Cir.) Suit filed in March 2018, Eleventh Circuit court 2 judge panel hears oral arguments heard March 24, 2022. On…