Isn't it odd? I mean, the timing is soooo..how shall I put this? Ah, yes. Typical Republican politics - dredge up a side "issue" which really isn't one and affects practically no one, put it out stage center so the Press gang will have something to chew on, even though there is no nutritional value. Like good little lap dogs. Distraction, distraction, distraction. No clue as to why "good sportmanship" would (or should) come into play - that's not the Republican way! Win at all costs! Who cares if there is nothing but barren wasteland left behind, we WON, goddammit!

Nothing suspicious about a Conservative bench taking up an issue which hasn't been addressed since 1939 (no need). If they had simply declined to hear the case, the lower court ruling of "unconstitutional" ; would stand. Since that IS the outcome expected (even Liberal scholars agree with that likely eventuality) there is no pressing need for them to hear the case in June, which would mean that their decision will come down in September or early October. How fuckin' convenient, huh?

Oh, and it's been said that, "...legal scholar(s) I've talked to thinks that the court will overturn the D.C. gun ban. Not because of the court being more conservative now, but because even these highly liberal scholars would overturn it themselves, given the chance, and then specify the meaning of the right to bear arms as definitively as possible.

"It's worth mentioning that these liberal legal scholars largely want this outcome so that the NRA will have nothing to fund raise on ever again."

Oops! Better be careful what you wish for - you might get it!

by MedfordTim on 05/11/2008 12:56:01 AM EST

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