Welcome to NC (America), fellow former MDer! Moving here was THE BEST thing I've ever done. It's so insulting going back up north, not just with guns and a million other things, but especially with their styrofoam and bag restrictions. In this year's budget, NC passed a ban on container/bag...
The latest attempt at brace regulation did not ban braces. It just attempted to define the point at which a brace was no longer a brace and became a stock. Yes, some braces will be considered stocks, but not all braces.
All petitions before the Supreme Court must go through a set of procedures prior to the justices deciding what to do with the petition. Once the procedures are complete (namely, writing legal briefs), the petition can be distributed to the justices so that they can decide what to do with it...
This isn't really a 2A case.
ETA: I would expect this to be a dissent from denial merely because of the politics of any decision that goes our way. For that reason alone I'd assume this isn't the best vehicle to make any ruling on the Chevron deference.
I was at orals. Left no more sure than when I walked in. The best part was when Alito more or less got NYC to concede that the Second extends outside the home.
I'm pretty sure in that case you'd have the 5-4 majority opinion and then the other justices could concur in the judgment or concur in part. The 5-4 would be controlling. The Chief Justice will determine who writes the opinion if he is in the majority. Otherwise, the most senior justice in the...
Anybody who thinks physical items can be banned in any capacity is no better than the antis as far as I'm concerned. How do people not realize that if you think you should deny someone access to something, you're no different than the very people you fight against? You just want to ban a...