From a non-legal POV, the petition really seems to be geared to...irritate? poke? provoke a response from? SCOTUS.
This sounds like my niece tattling on my nephew to their mother:
Quote:
8 The lower court employed the term “Heller right” five
times. See App. 16a, 21a, 23a n.5, 24a & n.5; cf. McDonald, 130
S. Ct. at 3103 & 3115 (Stevens, J., dissenting). But Heller
created no rights. Petitioners assert a fundamental right
codified in the Second Amendment.
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I'm worried about the inclusion of the abortion comparison / contrast. It's yet another very divisive issue, and I don't know if it helps prod the Court into granting cert. I'm sure Gura has an infinitely better insight into the Court's psychological makeup than I ever will, so I imagine it's the Right Choice, but from the outside, it sure seems to be playing with fire.
Or maybe this is a commonly-done thing and I'm just unaware? Can anyone speak to this?