Court Rules Bump Stocks Are Not Machine Guns

[KellyinAvon]

I look for Justice Gorsuch to write the opinion. IIRC it was in West Virginia v EPA (2002) he cited a case from 1810 while slapping the EPA.

 

[chipbennett]

And here are the currently issued opinions:

2008 Term Opinions of the Court

• Bissonnette v LePage Bakeries- Decision 4/12, Author: Roberts
• Macintosh v US- Decision 04/17, Author: Sotomayor
• Warner Chappell Music v Nealy- Decision 05/09, Author: Kagan
• Coinbase v Suski- Decision 05/23, Author: Jackson-Brown
• Moody v Netchoice - Decision/Author TBD
• Netchoice v Paxton- Decision/Author TBD
• Corner Post v Board of Directors, FRS- Decision/Author TBD
• Cantero v Bank of America- Decision 05/30, Author Kavanaugh
• Ohio v EPA (Consolidated)- Decision/Author TBD
• Garland v Cargill- Decision/Author TBD

So, is the assumption that each of the nine justices is assigned a decision for a given oral argument term? And the conservative justices have yet to be assigned an issued decision, meaning that the five of them will author at least 5 of the remaining 6 opinions (which includes Cargill)?

An update to this: Kavanaugh authored the decision in Cantero v Bank of America.

I still don't know if my theory is correct, about all justices authoring decisions for a given oral argument session?

And here are the currently issued opinions:

2008 Term Opinions of the Court

• Bissonnette v LePage Bakeries- Decision 4/12, Author: Roberts
• Macintosh v US- Decision 04/17, Author: Sotomayor
• Warner Chappell Music v Nealy- Decision 05/09, Author: Kagan
• Coinbase v Suski- Decision 05/23, Author: Jackson-Brown
• Moody v Netchoice - Decision/Author TBD
• Netchoice v Paxton- Decision/Author TBD
• Corner Post v Board of Directors, FRS- Decision/Author TBD
• Cantero v Bank of America- Decision 05/30, Author: Kavanaugh
• Ohio v EPA (Consolidated)- Decision/Author TBD
• Garland v Cargill- Decision/Author TBD

Justices yet to author published decisions for February 2024 oral arguments: Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett

 

[Mij]

Just an FYI

Supreme Court sides with NRA in free speech dispute with New York regulator — CBS News

The court said in a unanimous opinion written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor that the NRA "plausibly alleged" that the New York regulator violated the First Amendment.

apple.news

If this is not an acceptable place for this I can delete it.

 

[manifest destiny]

After Oral Argument​

After oral argument, usually later in that same week, the Justices have a meeting known as Conference. Only the Justices themselves are present at Conference; no law clerks or other staff are allowed. At Conference, the Justices announce how they plan to vote in the different cases. Although those votes are not binding, they help determine which Justice writes which opinions. When the Chief Justice is in the majority, he assigns the majority opinion. When he is not, the assignment is made by the most senior Justice in the majority.

 

[tbhausen]

WOW! Tough week for Garland

Supreme Court strikes down federal ban on bump stocks
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-strikes-down-federal-ban-bump-stocks

 

[HKFaninCarmel]

Great news!!!

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4722144-supreme-court-invalidates-trump-era-bump-stock-ban/

 

[Alamo]

Text of opinion by Thomas

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-976_e29g.pdf

 

[MrSmitty]

Are those not “destroyed” now legal? Can we start using 2x4’s now?

 

[ACC]

When will I get my $100 check from Trump for my destroyed bump stock?

 

[bobzilla]

Text of opinion by Thomas

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-976_e29g.pdf

I just can't keep reading Sotomayer's torturing of the meanings and idiotic colloquialisms

 

[cbhausen]

 

[Destro]

Cue the usual orange infringer-apologists with claims of "4D Chess" or whatever.

Someone really needs to sit down with this guy and explain what "protecting the 2A" actually means before next term. I fear he is going to go after something else.

 

[bobzilla]

Well that didn't take long for hte never trumpers to jump in with both feet

 

[BigRed]

Now the ball goes back to congress to amend the law.

BTW, a HUGE **** you to trump for enabling this to go this far.

 

[BigRed]

Cue the usual orange infringer-apologists with claims of "4D Chess" or whatever.

Someone really needs to sit down with this guy and explain what "protecting the 2A" actually means before next term. I fear he is going to go after something else.

 

[BigRed]

I just can't keep reading Sotomayer's torturing of the meanings and idiotic colloquialisms

She's a worthless POS

 

[cbhausen]

I’d imagine bills to rewrite the definition of a machine gun have been in the can, ready to go.

As if we need more reason than ever to vote for the candidates most likely to preserve (and RESTORE) our rights. Because it may get very ugly if we run out of such candidates to vote for.

 

[JAL]

My rubber bands and shoestrings are legal now?

 

[Alamo]

Cue the usual orange infringer-apologists with claims of "4D Chess" or whatever.

Someone really needs to sit down with this guy and explain what "protecting the 2A" actually means before next term. I fear he is going to go after something else.

Count me in.

Trump+McConnell = Barrettt+Kavanaugh+Gorsuch + 231 federal appeal and district court judges = Bruen + Bumpstock ruling + 2A lowercourt rulings.

Seriously, the bumpstock rule was a lesser political pandering restriction that turned into a bat to smack the ATF on the head with.

To borrow a saying,
If you don’t vote for Trump47 you ain’t 2A.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Text of opinion by Thomas

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-976_e29g.pdf

"Congress has long restricted access to "'machinegun,'" a category of firearms defined by the ability to "shoot, automatically more than one shot . . . by a single function of the trigger."

I've been thinking about the words "long restricted". I'm thinking I'm OK with it since this case was about the ATF changing the law (they ain't Congress,) not about a case on the constitutionality of the NFA of 1934 in the post-Bruen world.