I’m not sure if United States Supreme Court Justices leave their spines at home or if they are permanently confiscated upon confirmation, but the High Court seems much more proficient at kicking the can down the road than they do at preserving and defending the Constitution. My grumpy disposition is brought to you today by the Supreme Court’s refusal to block enforcement of or overturn an Illinois assault weapons ban that includes .50 Caliber rifles and high-capacity magazines.
Still masquerading as part of the United States, Illinois continues to wave its middle finger at Americans and the Supreme Court, responding to an expanded recognition of gun rights by enacting stricter gun control measures to constrict those liberties further instead. The ban was signed into law in January by Illinois’s Democrat Führer J.B. Pritzker and imposes penalties upon anyone who carries, possesses, manufactures, sells, delivers, imports, or purchases any firearm the Bundesländer defines as an assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle. Crazy, right? It gets worse. The ban doubles down by imposing statutory penalties upon any person who possesses, manufactures, sells, delivers, imports, or purchases an assault weapon attachment or a .50 caliber cartridge.
Don’t think I am trying to reason with the treasonous scum who control Illinois so much as I am venting frustration for their unchecked subversive behavior and their blatent regard for Americans as stupid sheep, but what the hell is an assault weapon attachment? The law also prohibits any tools or kits that increase a semi-automatic rate of fire, likely targeting binary and FRT triggers that, ironically, do not alter the rate of fire, as the rate is still one round per actuation of the trigger. Of course, when they take you for a fool, these Schutzstaffel will try to pass off just about anything. Well, I’m glad that’s over. Wait, the law also includes purchase limits for certain types of magazines.
An Illinois gun shop, Law Weapons and Supply, teamed up with the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) to claim that these measures violated the Supreme Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen. This ruling established a new standard that requires gun control measures to demonstrate a “historical tradition” of regulation in the United States to be considered Constitutional. As such, NAGR and Robert Bevis, owner of Law Weapons and Supply, petitioned the Supreme Court for an emergency ruling to prevent enforcement of the ban as a violation of the Second Amendment.
The Supreme Court’s chicken turd denial of the petition was issued without any dissenting opinions, just a refusal to overturn or block the law’s enforcement, accomplishing a few things. First, the Justices revealed that they unequivocally will not defend the Constitution or the rights of the American people, an obligation they swore an oath to. Second, they’ve demonstrated a lack of backbone in defending the Court’s own rulings while leftist states mock them in further defiance. Like those guys who get belittled while another guy has his way with the wife. What’s the word for that again?
“Delaying a right results in its denial, and enforcing these gun bans every day is an affront to freedom. We will be back to the Supreme Court as soon as our legal team finishes drafting our cert petition, and they will have to decide if they meant what they said in Heller and Bruen,” says Dudley Brown, president of NAGR.
Credibility is a funny thing. Official documents reveal that Illinois argued that plaintiffs failed to meet the stringent standards for emergency relief from the Supreme Court. If not for the contempt Illinois has for the Americans living there, this petulant whining would be laughable as the “state” vomits these standards while it rejects the plain text of the Second Amendment and perverts the Bruen standard with its own legislation—rules for thee but not for me.
“In the meantime, plaintiffs and hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Illinois citizens are suffering irreparable injury because their fundamental right to keep and bear arms is being infringed,” according to court filings submitted by the plaintiffs.
That’s exactly what’s happening, and it’s why Illinois is a dumpster fire worth moving on from. I know all the excuses.
Job, family, friends, neighborhood, routine… All these things can still be had elsewhere, but you know what can’t? You’ll never have that time back, and nobody will ever make you whole for the promises of liberty stolen from you. I feel like a broken record here, but hard-working, law-abiding Americans need to flee leftist states in droves, tank their economies, leave them destitute with the criminal class they do protect, and fortify the free states that continue to hold the line and value the American Dream.
You’ll notice a few of my not-so-subtle references to a totalitarian dictatorship that existed in Europe from 1933 to 1945, for which I will simply say, if it walks like one, talks like one, and acts like one… As for the Supreme Court, perhaps they need to check the detergent those robes are washed in for brain-eating amoebas, but most likely, they are just more of the same weak-minded and compromised individuals that tend to fail upwards in the .gov system. The spirit of the law dictates the letter, and they have allowed both to die in Illinois.
Really should follow IL more closely but what level of court has the challenge now? Only know of Maryland that is past circuit level.
“Gun Control is the best pal Racism and Genocide ever had.”
When crystal clear Historical Facts about Gun Control are kept out of sight and out of mind in Defense of The Second Amendment it obviously allowed Gun Control to gain the upper hand with the milquetoast USSC majority…And whose fault is that?
That’s nice or I feel sorry for you pick whatever fits as I doubt whatever you posted is worth my time reading based on your history and clickbait knowledge thereof.
I don’t believe it’s so much that they refuse to take the case, but they don’t need to because they’ve already ruled on such a case. Illinois is NOT in compliance with previous rulings. When this happens, they will not hear the case but instead say, Hey, idiots, you better check the legal precedent on this because you failed.
And the states continue violating their citizens’ rights. The Supreme Court is, therefore, useless.
Dear Supreme Court,
Fuck you. You’re irrelevant.
Signed,
America
That’s only true if America decided to do something about it.
That aint a can that they’re kicking down the road.
It’s a hand grenade… with a loose pin. To make matters worse, with the Squishies on the court, I wouldn’t put money on them finding in our favor anymore anyway.
Don’t get your panties in a wad, Darwin. The Court has consistently denied stays or review of temporary restraining order decisions, reflecting a position of the Court that it will only review appeals from final judgments, which this was not. This has a lot to do with the recognition that there is no factual record, other than the law itself, upon which to rule. Not only will this case be back, but there is currently a petition for writ of certiorari currently pending in the Maryland assault weapons ban case. Action on that case has been continued more times than I can count, for reasons the Court has not disclosed, since late last year. That case will be the definitive decision on the AWB laws when review is finally granted, which most believe is inevitable.
In the meantime the Second Amendment continues to burn in The Land of Lincoln all while Gun Control continues to enjoy basking in the Sun…That is a Disgrace.
I blame the senseless admiration for Gun Control in courts, legislatures and the public on zipped lipped Gun Talking blowbags who prefer not to speak against the Racism inherent with Gun Control out of fear of offending their bigoted Gun Talking pals…they know who they are.
Exactly what Mark N said !! For some reason a lot of the Second Amendment news websites/YT content always like over dramatize and doom and gloom when SCOTUS doesn’t consider cases that are still ongoing in the lower courts. I suggest Four Boxes Diner and Washington Gun Law videos for a better perspective and these guys are both lawyers.
YT is in it for the clicks, sometimes there is well reasoned and logical discourse. Most of the time it’s rage spam. Either way better off reading up on what is going on in your local system and supporting repeal laws (or restrictions to future restrictions) if you are in a gun friendly state (see Missouri for some of the best recent results) or crowd fund the crazies challenging laws behind enemy lines until the cases cover a big enough area that decisions need to be made (Bruen was one).
For Box Diner drives me bananas, even if he has been admitted to the Supreme Court Bar. Washington Gun Law is solid; he knows his stuff and does a very nice presentation.
High percentage of lawyers today are over “educated” idiots (as most from Yale in recent decades). A “Lawyer” says noting today about intelligence. More of often, indicates leftist/commie political bias.
“I’m not sure if United States Supreme Court Justices leave their spines at home” – not about spines its about not having a pair. Physically or metaphorically. Only two pair on a consistent basis – dedicated to the Constitution.
Thank you for being an island of actual information in a sea of emotional bullshit. I can’t get over how many people assume they “know” about constitutional law even after they get bit in the butt with misinterpretations and make believe. And they then have the audacity to complain about the court without understanding its basic purpose. Those who want to defend the constitution need to read it and study it before complaining about it.
That is all good, but we have district courts subverting the rule of law and the constitution for numerous years to promote their anti-2A agenda while thumbing their noses at SCOTUS 2A decisions. SCOTUS has not cracked down on these rogue judicial districts.
SCOTUS really can’t do anything about that until a case reaches it, and yes, that takes a number of years.
Senate Judiciary is/should be taking the leadership on smacking down rouge judges/courts. Congress created the subordinate courts and them approved leftist wacko judges (the demtard socialists approved).
Senate Judiciary has done diddly and this includes my geriatric Senator Grassley. Not one rogue judge has been called to “testify”/justify themselves or been recalled/impeached.
IF the they had the balls, Congress could defund individual rogue courts in the current “beautiful bill”. Or ,perhaps better, redefine these judicial district to a small area on the Mexican border while requiring each judge be in session for “due process” hearings about 4000hr per year.
Unfortunately we do have activist judges who tend to muddy the waters. But yes histrionics online don’t help.
Inevitable- someday. Five or ten years from now now.
I see you are familiar with how courts work. Have you seen the results of alterative actions involving blood and iron? It may come to it but I would much rather resolve the issues in the ballot and jury boxes if possible.
SCOTUS can refuse to hear cases for lots of reasons. Pro-2A justices might not think that this particular case is strong enough.
Hmmm, maybe America should conquer Illinois. I mean, why not? Who’s going to stop us, the Law Enforcement arm of the Supreme court?
How many divisions do they have (historical ref).
Well that’s one way to give pretext cover for RINO’s to go along with an impeach and removal
What’s going on here??? Same info since2012 .
“I feel like a broken record here, but hard-working, law-abiding Americans need to flee leftist states in droves, tank their economies, leave them destitute with the criminal class they do protect, and fortify the free states that continue to hold the line and value the American Dream.”
Uhm, they are, and in *droves*.
Current projection shows 14 electoral votes will move from SOLID blue states like NY and California, and go to Texas and Florida at the 2030 census.
That makes it even harder for them to win major elections. The Great Re-alignment is happening, and it’s having real, tangible results, and in OUR favor :
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/democrat-states-population-stagnation/680641/
Yup, going to be worse if we deport/voluntarily remove the estimated 2 million illegals here as those did count for the 2020 census. NY and CA will limp along regardless due to port cities and critical infrastructure but IL MI WI could see some interesting issues.
Almost like the progs need to find 20million new voters somewhere.
Less ranting and more facts, please.
For the love of sanity, TTAG, hire a bloody editor to determine an overall editorial direction and style. In more literate and civilized times (i.e. pre-Internet), such was a requirement for any serious publication.
This is why the FOID was upheld a few days ago by the 4th. Scotus is not going to do anything to help us. Illinois and other anti-2A states are just wasting our time and money in the courts to restrict our rights knowing Scotus is not going to do anything against these bans. Scotus maybe still waiting for ban cases to fully resolve within the 4th District and other parts of the country before doing something, but this is ridiculous. Trump’s crack team at the DOJ under Bondi (not really a big pro-2A person) is not going to help us. Trump promised us 2A supporters relief from and I for one am not seeing it at all. Congress with all the so called Republicans in power will not vote to repeal most of the ant-2A Acts passed over the last 90 years. Lip service to remove certain items from the NFA are just words until the full NFA is repealed.
Yea. When Dims get power they spam congress with anti gun laws, but when Rinos gain power, it’s if we had a greater majority, or if we had the senate, or if we had the house, or if we had SOME BALLS, then we would pass half assed semi pro gun measures.
Trump’s crack team is not going to help us? I enjoy seeing Republican voters express disappointment in this administration. It’s almost as if Trump and his party exploited gullible people to get into power only to laugh at you when you need help. That’s why I’m an independent voter. I don’t get duped and taken advantage of like partisans do. Most of the time I don’t even vote because I know the system is rigged against us peasants and just don’t play the game.
Congress with all the so called Republicans in power will not vote to repeal most of the ant-2A Acts passed over the last 90 years.
Why would they? You’ll vote for them regardless and nearly never primary them out, so why would they GAF about what you actually want?
For the antis, the ends justify the means. The end is to disarm their law-abiding political enemies while allowing their constituents (the criminals) to do as they please. Anything to further that goal is morally justified to them. Forcing law-abiding gun owners out of the state is even better. They want to keep the gang bangers here.
What is to stop Pritzker from passing a slightly different gun ban after we win 5-4 in 2028? Running for President in 2028, Pritzker can brag he passed a real gun control law that would have worked had SCOTUS not interfered. Elect him and he will correct the courts to the true path. Antis will never give up and will never obey the courts until a real change in attitude occurs.
Unless I missed something, I don’t think there’s a circuit court split on this issue yet.
SCOTUS may be waiting for that, or waiting for the right case, or waiting for the right time. Or maybe the vote might be a little shaky.
It took quite a while to get from McDonald & Heller to Bruen, but I’d say that decision was worth waiting for.
Yes, a right delayed is a right denied, but I’ll gladly wait a few more years to get a good solid decision, rather than a weak, half-baked, weasel-worded, mushy and narrowly tailored 5-4 cop-out.
It is really quite simple:
– Bruen settled the matter; say no more.
– Rahimi provided a roadmap to evade Bruen
– There are no personal consequences for ignoring an SC decision.
Ipso Facto.
Next.
It’s almost like incentive structures matter.
I’m not that hot under the collar that they’re going to deny emergency petitions. In my understanding those are a very high hurdle for the plaintiff to clear at the SCOTUS level.
That said, the concept of moving rather than standing you ground creates several downstream problems that could be said to be the same kind of “can kicking” the SCOTUS can be said to engage in here.
Looking northward, towards our maple syrup loving neighbor, I suspect that the problems end up being far larger over time when people run away/fail to stand up for themselves prior to suddenly taking rather aggressive action.
Numbers games are easily lost when one side can continually import replacements and not have it called a genocide.
Numbers games are easily lost when people are stupid and emotional too. Which the vast majority are are most of the time and 100% are some times.
Consider Canada’s new guy Carney. Dude ran on imposing an “equity tax” that basically confiscates any profits a property owner could make off a sale and reduces the net worth of property owners immensely.
So, not only will housing remain unobtainium for people <45, or maybe even 55 depending on circumstance, but there won't be any real point in owning it anyway since they're just going to take your equity (and add this to cap gains, btw). Rents will, necessarily rise as well to cover this cost. So, everyone gets fucked.
And who put him over the top? Boomers. These supposed adults voted to screw themselves because Orange Man Bad so Elbows Up!
Odd how it plays so well into the entire Western world's generational warfare game, eh?
All of the run around from the state and the courts then when you call your state senator all they want to do is continue to support the Illinois State Police. You know, the agency who enforces these gun bans. The “pro-gun” senator that voted against the gun ban doesn’t cut it. They have to then follow through and support the victims of the law. Not, I repeat NOT, the perpetrators of the unconstitutional law. I quit voting altogether and it’s the best form of relief I’ve had from the entire mess. Just stop playing into a system that is rigged against the citizens that they refer to as “subjects” and you don’t get played the fool. You never lose the game you refuse to play.
So you aren’t paying taxes that support them all the same?
You could have made a good post with something to actually be upset over, but you didn’t, and TTAG is worse off for it. Histrionics over the SC denying seeing a preliminary injunction over a law that just passed a few months ago is childish and shows that you either don’t know how the system works or haven’t been following the conversation for very long. Get mad when it matters. If the SC kills the current AWB waiting to be seen? Sure. This? Fuck no.