Daily Archives: March 18, 2008

Downrange TV Heller coverage

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March 18, 2008

Michael Bane has great Heller coverage at Downrange.tv, his audio content is actually better than the C-SPAN coverage, because it allows you to listen to specific argument sections by various people. Check it out here. Also, as I mentioned here, NRA-ILA has a page up with massive Heller coverge, including a link to the...
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NRA Heller Page

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March 18, 2008

The NRA has updated their NRA-ILA Heller specific page. You can view the page here, as well as hear a copy of the oral arguments, or read the transcript. Additionally, the page has a list and copies of the various amicus briefs that have been filed.
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John McCain on Heller

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March 18, 2008

“Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on District of Columbia v. Heller, a landmark case for all Americans who believe as I do that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. I am proud to have joined in an amicus brief to the Court calling for a...
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NRA Statement on Oral arguments up

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March 18, 2008

Link to statement here.  I’ve copied the whole thing for the sake of efficiency. Washington, D.C.’s ban on keeping handguns and functional firearms in the home for self-defense is unreasonable and unconstitutional under any standard. We remain hopeful that the Supreme Court will agree with the overwhelming majority of the American people, more than...
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Paul Clement sticks to his guns

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March 18, 2008

Pardon the pun, but it seems that SG Paul Clement has stood by the brief filed earlier which believed that the court shouldn’t use strict scrutiny on DC’s gun law. One of the most important aspects of the 98-minute hearing was the steadfast commitment that the federal government’s lawyer, Solicitor General Paul D. Clement,...
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Heller Blog Dump

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March 18, 2008

Uncle has a HUGE collection of Heller coverage.
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SCOTUS Blog first thoughts

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March 18, 2008

The first thoughts on the oral arguments are up at SCOTUS Blog. In an argument that ran 23 minutes beyond the allotted time, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy emerged as a strong defender of the right of domestic self-defense. The word on the street is that Roberts, Alito, and Scalia are all likely to hold...
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Interesting

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March 18, 2008

On the SCOTUS Blog, they have live coverage of Heller going on, one of things I wanted to point you to is the “who do you believe will win” bar below their live blog coverage. 92% of respondents believe that Heller will win
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This isn’t an anti-gun editorial

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March 18, 2008

Except for the part where it is.  Don Campbell puts up an Op-Ed in USA Today which includes the usual “I’m a gun owner/hunter but we need to ban some damn guns” line. This is not an anti-gun diatribe. I’ve owned guns since I got my first Red Ryder air rifle at the age...
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Rethinking the 2nd Amendment

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March 18, 2008

Don’t worry, I haven’t flipped sides on you guys or anything.  What I’m talking about actually is the article in Slate which looks at the right to keep and bear arms without the 2nd Amendment.  The author does start with the assumption that everything that the anti-gun types say is correct about the 2nd Amendment;...
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