Friday, June 24, 2022

Courthouses of the West: 2022 United States Supreme Court Watch

Courthouses of the West: 2022 United States Supreme Court Watch:

2022 United States Supreme Court Watch

This June/July promises to be one in which a whole boatload of major rulings are set to be handed down.

Given that, while we've never had a trailing thread of any kind here before, we're going to track a few of the bigger ones this year.

June 23, 2022

The first of the claims that will be big and controversial.

In 6-3 ruling, court strikes down New York’s concealed-carry law

Here's the text:

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.

Note, this opinion, combined with the descent, is of epic length.

I haven't reviewed this fully, but apparently what it holds is that a state can't require a party wishing to carry concealed, or just to carry, to prove a particular need to do so.

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Lex Anteinternet?

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We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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