"I never learned from a man who agreed with me." Robert A. Heinlein
The new meaning of "Hope and Change"
Volokh is an interesting guy, kind of a super-star in the legal world.
He majored in computer science in under grad (like me lol), then clerked for Kozinski of the 9th and O'Connor of SCOTUS. If you don't know already, clerking for a judge is considered something only the best law school graduates can get, and the higher the court, the harder the competition. Clerking for an appelate judge like Kozinski is a major achievement. Clerking for a justice on SCOTUS means you're one of the smartest people with a Juris Doctorate.
He's pretty awesome, and he was definitely in favor of some form of carry in the Peruta case; he was quoted in the opinion by the judge who wrote it (actually probably a clerk, lol) multiple times if memory serves me right.
However, the article in question basically says "Yeah, we knew this would happen since Peruta is basically the exact same thing as Baker."
"I never learned from a man who agreed with me." Robert A. Heinlein
Which would actually be more damaging than allowing it to come to trial to overturn ridiculous "justification" provisions in every jurisdiction.
What makes me so very confused is that the judiciary in this country appears to be heading in the right direction (the 2nd Amendment provides for the private ownership of arms, and the ability to carry those arms in defense of ones person, if the 9th can see this, anyone can), while the legislative branch is waffling like crazy. I guess at the end of the day it makes a bit of sense, as the progressives that this country has been electing for the past three decades simply want more and more control (power) and that's hard to do when people are able to resist...
Honestly, national reciprocity is the only answer, but we may be a long way from home on that one.
Last edited by _Stormin_; 03-21-14 at 09:48.
"SEND IT" happens to be my trigger words...
National reciprocity is an interesting issue from a political and legal standpoint. What about states rights? Does the Federal government have the legal authority to mandate national reciprocity, or would it have to be a condition on receiving federal funds (like obama care iirc)?
"I never learned from a man who agreed with me." Robert A. Heinlein
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