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SCOTUS refuses to hear 2 gun rights cases

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:35 am
by M-Quigley
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One case involved so called assault weapons in Md, the other involved open carry in Florida.

Re: SCOTUS refuses to hear 2 gun rights cases

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:56 am
by bignflnut
Cert is granted when 4 of the 9 justices agree to take the case.

Here's the current roster:
Chief Justice
John Roberts- GW Bush
Associate Justices
Anthony Kennedy - Reagan
Clarence Thomas - HW Bush
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Clinton
Stephen Breyer -Clinton
Samuel Alito - GW Bush
Sonia Sotomayor - Obama
Elena Kagan - Obama
Neil Gorsuch - Trump

There not being more than 3 votes to take the cases (Open Carry charge in Florida and AWB in Maryland), should we continue appealing to this body for solutions to State issues? Hopefully the citizenry of these states will pull together to upend the anti-2A powers they face.

Re: SCOTUS refuses to hear 2 gun rights cases

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:56 am
by TJW815
Must be nice to pick and choose your workload...

Re: SCOTUS refuses to hear 2 gun rights cases

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 1:40 pm
by Whirlwind06
Well that pretty much sets the stage to have the AWB passed on a state level.
I see a Ohio constitutional amendment in our future funded by Bloomberg.

Re: SCOTUS refuses to hear 2 gun rights cases

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 1:56 pm
by JediSkipdogg
TJW815 wrote:Must be nice to pick and choose your workload...
I've always agreed on that. It is estimated they hear about 100-150 cases a year. That is small compared to the estimated 7000 that apply to be heard every year. So do you backlog the court for decades or what? I know they take a long summer break, but still, to hear every case that is appealed to the Supreme Court in one year without a summer break would take.....35 years. So, any easy solution to it? Not that I could ever think of.

Re: SCOTUS refuses to hear 2 gun rights cases

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:21 pm
by TJW815
JediSkipdogg wrote:
TJW815 wrote:Must be nice to pick and choose your workload...
I've always agreed on that. It is estimated they hear about 100-150 cases a year. That is small compared to the estimated 7000 that apply to be heard every year. So do you backlog the court for decades or what? I know they take a long summer break, but still, to hear every case that is appealed to the Supreme Court in one year without a summer break would take.....35 years. So, any easy solution to it? Not that I could ever think of.
Maybe they shouldn’t get a “long summer break”.

Re: SCOTUS refuses to hear 2 gun rights cases

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 5:18 pm
by JediSkipdogg
TJW815 wrote:
JediSkipdogg wrote:
TJW815 wrote:Must be nice to pick and choose your workload...
I've always agreed on that. It is estimated they hear about 100-150 cases a year. That is small compared to the estimated 7000 that apply to be heard every year. So do you backlog the court for decades or what? I know they take a long summer break, but still, to hear every case that is appealed to the Supreme Court in one year without a summer break would take.....35 years. So, any easy solution to it? Not that I could ever think of.
Maybe they shouldn’t get a “long summer break”.
That break is only about 4 months long. So at most they would ear another 75 cases. Still a far cry from the 7000 that apply.

Re: SCOTUS refuses to hear 2 gun rights cases

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:33 am
by WY_Not
Yeah, but it sure would be nice to see them actually work a full year like the rest of us.
JediSkipdogg wrote:That break is only about 4 months long. So at most they would ear another 75 cases. Still a far cry from the 7000 that apply.

Re: SCOTUS refuses to hear 2 gun rights cases

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:58 am
by JediSkipdogg
WY_Not wrote:Yeah, but it sure would be nice to see them actually work a full year like the rest of us.
JediSkipdogg wrote:That break is only about 4 months long. So at most they would ear another 75 cases. Still a far cry from the 7000 that apply.
Does any big legislative body work a full year? Yes, it would be nice if they do but remember, in some states the elected work on bill for one month each year and take the other eleven off. Technically they are suppose to be finding out what their people want for the next one month of work, but I'm sure most don't.

Re: SCOTUS refuses to hear 2 gun rights cases

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:38 am
by WY_Not
True. I'm torn on this one now. While it would be nice to see them forced to work a full time job I am also aware of the danger we are all in when they are in session. :mrgreen:

“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the Legislature is in session”
- Gideon J. Tucker

Sadly this applies to any and all branches nowadays.
JediSkipdogg wrote:Does any big legislative body work a full year? Yes, it would be nice if they do but remember, in some states the elected work on bill for one month each year and take the other eleven off. Technically they are suppose to be finding out what their people want for the next one month of work, but I'm sure most don't.

Re: SCOTUS refuses to hear 2 gun rights cases

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:57 am
by High Power
bignflnut wrote:Cert is granted when 4 of the 9 justices agree to take the case.

Here's the current roster:
Chief Justice
John Roberts- GW Bush
Associate Justices
Anthony Kennedy - Reagan
Clarence Thomas - HW Bush
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Clinton
Stephen Breyer -Clinton
Samuel Alito - GW Bush
Sonia Sotomayor - Obama
Elena Kagan - Obama
Neil Gorsuch - Trump

There not being more than 3 votes to take the cases (Open Carry charge in Florida and AWB in Maryland), should we continue appealing to this body for solutions to State issues? Hopefully the citizenry of these states will pull together to upend the anti-2A powers they face.
Let's pray that, at least, Breyer and Ginsburg leave while Trump is still in Office.