This was an issue which I raised and briefed in U.S. v. Emerson, and which the Fifth Circuit brushed aside.
Best regards, Aaron Clements ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. D. Tavares" <[email protected]> To: "Firearmsregprof" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 11:35 AM Subject: US v Hayes -- how narrow? > As I read this (and perhaps simplifying it a bit overly), the Supreme > Court ruled only that a federal law aimed at "domestic violence" > offenders applies to violent offenses against state laws that do not > necessarily contain the words "domestic violence," as long as they > were against a "domestic" victim. > > It appears to me that there has yet been no ruling, plus or minus, on > whether a fundamental constitutional right can be denied in response > to a misdemeanor crime -- presumably because Hayes did not raise this > argument. Is this accurate? Have others made this argument > previously, pre- or post-Heller? If pre, would Heller destroy any of > the assumptions that resulted in that earlier decision? > -- > Escape the Rat Race for Peace, Quiet, and Miles of Desert Beauty > Take a Sanity Break at The Bunkhouse at Liberty Haven Ranch > http://libertyhavenranch.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
