SCOTUS to get to McDonald v Chicago on monday

[boston_007]

5-4 decision, the 2nd Amendment is incorporated by the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause. Good for McDonald!

 

[jar]

Closer than I would have thought.... EDIT: And oh, good, a divided majority. Just what I wanted.

I'm hoping that's just on the incorporation question and not the standard of review. Thomas was for PoI, the rest for DP, as expected.

 

[gjones77]

Here's a link to the official opinion.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1521.pdf

 

[TheRoland]

I'm hoping that's just on the incorporation question and not the standard of review. Thomas was for PoI, the rest for DP, as expected.

I appears to be the incorporation question.

Opinion available. I'm reading now. See you guys much later!

 

[Dave_W]

Incorporated!!!

 

[maee]

Finally!!

 

[Garys]

Can this be true?????

Thomas thinks that the incorporation should have been more broadly decided. Gura argued for PoI, but it was an overreach.

 

[ChevyGuy91]

Thanks guys for keeping me updated, I can't hit the live blog.

 

[Davidk]

5:4 means 4 judges don't even respect their own decisions. With this vote they said that decision that they made for DC don't apply to the country. How disgusting!

 

[Skald]

5:4 means 4 judges don't even respect their own decisions. With this vote they said that decision that they made for DC don't apply to the country. How disgusting!

You do realize that Heller was 5-4 as well, right? So how can 4 justices reneg on their Heller vote. Sotomayor was a given since she is just a moron. Would like to read Ginsberg's dissent, and not going to bother with Stevens since he is so far out there now its not even funny.

 

[TheRoland]

5:4 means 4 judges don't even respect their own decisions. With this vote they said that decision that they made for DC don't apply to the country. How disgusting!

Maybe; I dont know what they said yet, the opinion is 214 pages.


Anyone else reading it? "Reading McDonald" thread?

 

[Larry Legend]

The DU and HuffPo are gonna implode in 5.....4.....3.....2.....

 

[Davidk]

You do realize that Heller was 5-4 as well, right? So how can 4 justices reneg on their Heller vote. Sotomayor was a given since she is just a moron. Would like to read Ginsberg's dissent, and not going to bother with Stevens since he is so far out there now its not even funny.

Of course I understand that, but that case is decided and is now law whether they like it or not. Going against incorporation means that they think decision that they made in DC does't apply for the rest of the country regardless of how they voted on Heller. Will they vote against incorporation on every DC case?

 

[Gadsden]