AR-15s Before Supreme Court - Kolbe v Maryland

[Frank Ettin]

...Every attorney has read result oriented jurisprudence; a court decides which party should win, then mangles the caselaw and code to get where it wants to go. For a high profile decision in which that happened, I would recommend the Bush/Gore decision of the FL Sup Ct. It's a wreck.

Yet, that isn't what all judges do in all cases. There is a distance in professional analysis that allows one to tell his own client which parts of his case are terrible and why he should settle rather than lose......

And judges are human too. Like everyone else they have beliefs, values, needs, hopes and fears. And yes, they're supposed to put all that aside when they decide a legal point. And almost all do most of the time. But sometimes some won't be able to -- even if they can still delude themselves into believing that they are being objective and dispassionate.

 

[Al Norris]

Two threads discussing the same case - Merged.

 

[44 AMP]

Like everyone else they have beliefs, values, needs, hopes and fears.

I agree, but you left out something else they have, EGOs.

As far as I can see from the gutter where I live, the effect of Heller on lower courts pretty much could be a line written by the Who...

Meet the new boss! Same as the old Boss!

 

[jdc1244]

Let stand a Circuit Court ruling that rifles in common use for 50+ years are not protected under the 2A. I wonder what they are waiting for and why there was zero public commentary from the justices?

They’re likely waiting for a Federal appeals court to strike down a law similar to the SAFE Act or the FSA, as was the case when the Sixth Circuit upheld state measures prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying, where other appellate courts had invalidated such prohibitions.

 

[ATN082268]

Only until they are appointed. Then they can be whatever they like...

True. I do think, however, a judge's past judicial record is generally a pretty good indicator of what he/she will do in the future.