A Complete Sentence: The Second Amendment

[noharleyyet]

My understanding is that everyone other than the justices had to swear to tell the truth. So, there would be legal exposure, and the ruining of a person's career. So they would have much to lose, the justices are pretty well protected.

We will likely never know exactly who or why. My speculation, totally conjecture, is that it was done because the decision was fairly strong, and one or more of the justices were a little wobbly about that.

Entirely plausible...but I'm sticking with an any means to an end calculation.

 

[406dn]

Entirely plausible...but I'm sticking with an any means to an end calculation.

Yep, we can all Monday morning quarterback it.

 

[Jape]

Yeah, at this point I doubt we will ever know, but the ramifications would have been severe regardless of who leaked it.

 

[406dn]

I think Alito and Thomas are two who are fully invested in the culture wars. They might catch 4ell but actually removing them from the bench, never going to happen.

You'd think as active as Thomas's wife was surrounding the last election and its aftermath, he might recuse himself in cases that hit close to home. Instead, if memory serves he was a lone dissenting vote in one case near and dear to his wife.

 

[noharleyyet]

The political leanings of the Supreme Court justices

The most conservative: Clarence Thomas. The most liberal: Sonia Sotomayor.

www.axios.com

I think Alito and Thomas are two who are fully invested in the culture wars. They might catch 4ell but actually removing them from the bench, never going to happen.

You'd think as active as Thomas's wife was surrounding the last election and its aftermath, he might recuse himself in cases that hit close to home. Instead, if memory serves he was a lone dissenting vote in one case near and dear to his wife.

C'mon, Soto's key is 'stucker' than Thomas...

 

[406dn]

The political leanings of the Supreme Court justices

The most conservative: Clarence Thomas. The most liberal: Sonia Sotomayor.

www.axios.com

C'mon, Soto's key is 'stucker' than Thomas...

When you are one of three, out of nine, that marginalizes you almost completely. Face it, it is not hard to predict the rulings before they hear the case.

 

[Irrelevant]

Face it, it is not hard to predict the rulings before they hear the case.

Really? Did you predict those?

A Complete Sentence: The Second Amendment

our system is entirely contrived I suppose that is one way to view the Declaration of Independence, the constitution, the bill of rights, the separation of powers, etc... 🧐 #enlightening

www.hunttalk.com

 

[406dn]

Since we are talking about the justices, here's a story breaking recently.

Ethics concerns raised over business ties of Supreme Court chief justice’s wife

A former colleague of Chief Justice John Roberts’s wife raised ethics concerns last month about how the Supreme Court’s business intersects with her recruiting work, according to documents obtained…

thehill.com

 

[Sytes]

Since we are talking about the justices, here's a story breaking recently.

Ethics concerns raised over business ties of Supreme Court chief justice’s wife

A former colleague of Chief Justice John Roberts’s wife raised ethics concerns last month about how the Supreme Court’s business intersects with her recruiting work, according to documents obtained…

thehill.com

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in a statement called for passing a bill that would strengthen ethical requirements ...

Durbin commenting for the strengthening ethical requirements... Maybe this quote would be better served in our HT, "A Little Humor For Your Day" thread.

Durbin or most every other "Representative" - swap the name out for the quote.

 

[IH784]

One should first understand the definition of militia in 1776 and not by todays standards.

Second Amendment

Definition of Second Amendment in the Legal Dictionary by The Free Dictionary

legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com

What he said. This goes for NFA items as well. Rules are not laws.