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Old April 20, 2009, 03:23 PM   #10
crashm1
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They are saying that it is a fundamental right to individual Americans as well as a right fundamental to the preservation of order and liberty in our republic. Which is pretty huge considering this court was both overturning it's previously stated stance that the 2nd amendment was a collective right and incorporating it via the due process clause of the 14th. The 9th circuit had previously found against incorporation when the plaintiff used the privileges and immunities clause. This sort of thing doesn't happen everyday. The other reason it's big is it sets up a conflict within federal circuit courts that makes it much more likely for the SCOTUS to grant citori to an incorporation case, either this one if Alemeda or Nordyke appeal or the Chicago case.
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