First, allow me to put something in big bold red text for the anti-gun crew.
This case does nrabroad
only carry with it implications regarding the Second Amendment.
For the last century and some change (since 1873), the rights outlined in the Bill Of Rights have been incorporated via the Due Process clause. The unique quality about this case is that it is asking the court to overturn the Slaughter-House decision. This case could very well wind up affecting a much broader spectrum of constitutional law by initiating a revival of the Privileges or Immunities clause, which would in turn render Selective Incorporation (the formal name given to our current process of incorporating rights via the Due Process clause) trumped. This affects you because it can set into a mrabroad
ion an onslaught of new cases for the court, in which the court will have to reevaluate various judiciary doctrines that have been established for the last century.
Now, in terms of the Second Amendment, this case is a follow-up case to the Heller one from last year (or '08?). D.C. v Heller was a landmark case in that for the first time in our history the court basically said that there are no ifs ands or buts about it, the ownership of a weapon is an individual right, nrabroad
just something reserved for militias. The reason the follow-up is necessary, however, is because the Heller case only applied at to the federal government, e.g., D.C. The court is expected to rule similarly to how they did in the Heller case; that is, they are expected to rule that outright banning a firearm is unconstitutional. But more importantly, as nrabroad
ed above, they are being asked to overturn the Slaughter-House decision as well.
So pay attention, faggrabroad
s.
Now here's an obligatory 90 minute video from CATO: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/292308-1
PS-
Fuck DE's thread. Mine is better.