Parker V. DC – a bit of a round up
Volokh: Chances of the Supreme Court’s Hearing the Case: High, I’d say well over 50%. He has a lot more.
They could either appeal to the Supreme against odds that might eventually make their job much more difficult and result in a decision that would likely undermine much of what they worked for over the last 4 decades OR they could accept the decision and return to DC and pass draconian gun laws, nearly as restrictive but ultimately allowing some right (however negligible) to register new guns while at the same time imposing tremendous regulatory hurdles to any gun shop actually opening up in DC (and therefore undermining that right) and developing a permit approval system that combined with the usual level of D.C. incompetence, effectively accomplishes the same thing as the current ban.
I also wonder what they really have to lose by going to the Supreme Court.
Bitter: Damn, I’m nervous now.
May 9th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Why do I think the dems in congress will provide DC with some federal aid they have been wanting in exchange for DC dropping the appeal?