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In reply to the discussion: What America would look like if it didn't change their Amendments [View all]FBaggins
(28,772 posts)Did I say it was en-banc? Nope. I said "the Emerson court" (you know... the judges who ruled on that case??).
But let me get this straight... he was appointed by both Carter and Clinton (and recommended both times by Lloyd Bentsen) but you believe that he was actually a Republican because he spent one year as an admin assistant to a Republican? Seriously?
That would be an incredibly lame position even if your 20 seconds of googling was accurate. In reality, your research skills suck:
Ray Roberts was a Democrat.
While you're picking what's left of your spin off the floor... don't think that anyone missed that you once again dodged the key question. There were four liberals and two moderates on the Supreme Court. Why didn't they even grant cert when the case was appealed?
Don't worry... I won't be holding my breath waiting for a substantive reply.
Another 'unanimous' 3 - 0 ruling by a partial circuit court baggins?
Did I even mention the count on the ruling? Nope. So how is that spin?
What I asked was simple (and again... you can't dodge it by name-calling). The ruling was just a couple years after Miller. If they got it wrong... why didn't that unanimous Miller court overturn them???
You can try to spin... but you really can't answer because the simple fact is that the Miller court had nothing to say about whether 2A does or does not confer an individual right. It merely said that the weapon involved was not covered by it. They didn't overturn the 1st because the 1st accurately evaluated their Miller ruling.
Oh... and while you're still there on the floor trying to find your credibility... you know that "partial court"?
All three were Roosevelt appointees.
But... you know... maybe they had a cousin that once had tea with a Republican. So you can probably still dismiss the ruling.