Blacksmith101
Grumpy Old Man
- Jun 22, 2012
- 22,360
nothing is insured. That can be reversed , or whittled to virtually nothing, by any subsequent court. We have just replaced two Republican appointed justices with two other Republican appointed Justices.
If RBG lives 20 months, and chances are she will, than we may be looking at a Democrat President replacing THOMAS or any of the five GOP justices and Heller and McDonald can be refined or adjusted to almost nothing, or totally overturned.
All the more reason to work to see that Trump gets a second term because I doubt she will last 5 years. And at least one of those Republican appointed Justice was replacing a middle of the road and weak on the 2nd Amendment Justice with one who will probably be a much stronger supporter of our rights.
We might even see one of the current cases result in a strict scrutiny applies ruling that would cause a revisit on a bunch of other existing cases.
But if you prefer to look at the glass being half empty that is your prerogative.