December 3, 2019, 07:25 PM
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I'm starting to like Alito again. From Mr. Roberts' link:
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Justice Alito also seemed to suggest that the now-repealed law was completely irrational, because it never actually promoted public safety:
JUSTICE ALITO: Mr. Dearing, are the --are people in New York less safe now as a result of the enactment of the new city and state laws than they were before?
MR. DEARING: We --we --no, I don't think so. We made a judgment expressed by our police commissioner that --that it was consistent with public safety to repeal the prior rule and to move forward without it.
JUSTICE ALITO: Well, if they're not less safe, then what possible justification could there have been for the old rule, which you have abandoned? …
JUSTICE ALITO: So you think the Second Amendment permits the imposition of a restriction that has no public safety benefit?
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SOCK! POW! BAM!
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