I'd put my money on: Individual right and handgun ban goes down, but nothing else. Not even standard of review. As CJ Roberts said, if they figure a complete ban flunks every standard of scrutiny, why decide which applies? The courts fought out the standards applicable to the 1st Amendment over decades, maybe the same will be true of the 2nd.
-----Original Message----- >From: Guy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Mar 19, 2008 10:47 AM >To: 'Firearms Regs List' <[email protected]> >Subject: Heller wagers > >After listening to the oral arguments (my semi-real-time observations are at >http://www.guysmith.org/blog/2008/03/18/heller-oral-arguments/), I'm laying >the following bets on how the sundry justices will vote. > > > > > > >Individual Right > >Strict Scrutiny > > >Alito > >Yes > >Yes > > >Breyer > > > >No > > >Ginsberg > >No > >No > > >Kennedy > > > > > > >Roberts > >Yes > >Yes > > >Scalia > >Yes > >Yes > > >Souter > >No > >No > > >Stevens > > > >No > > >Thomas > >Yes > >Yes > > >Total > >4 > >4 > > > > > >Anyone have contradictions, amplifications, or alternate summaries? I'm >gathering con law input to create a consensus bet on the outcome. > > > >Yours in Liberty > >Guy Smith > >www.GunFacts.info <http://www.gunfacts.info/> > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
