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  • W_Donahue

    Member
    Jul 26, 2014
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    Can't blame them. I'd move to Texas too if I had the money. I damn near dead and I'm kicking myself for not have.
     

    DanGuy48

    Ultimate Member
    "???" ?

    I'm referring to the link you posted in the quoted portion of my reply.

    Here's the specific quote from the link:


    Pretty much indicates they're giving Wayne a pass. Unless NRA had a GQ moment, and is showing us rednecks what sartorial excellence is all about. I didn't realise that was part of their mission.

    Oh, I thought you were saying I was in denial.
     

    jcutonilli

    Ultimate Member
    Mar 28, 2013
    2,474
    N.Y. law: “Carry” depends on “a special need . . . .”*

    The question is:

    Does . . . “the Second Amendment allow the government to prohibit ordinary law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self-defense.” (?) **

    What is the approach to be . . . cert denial, per curiam, interest – balancing (rejected in Heller) or text, history & tradition as required by Heller?

    It seems (to me anyway) Heller has been distorted almost beyond recognition by Democrat Judicial appointees who (fearing an armed citizenry) use interest – balancing via intermediate scrutiny to sanction Democrat 2A legislation.***

    Kagin, Breyer, & Sotomayor are Progressives (the Constitution means what they “feel” it should mean) and will very probably support interest - balancing. Alito, Thomas, Barrett, Gorsuch,& Kavanagh are generally acknowledged to be originalists (the Constitution means what it means) and will very probably support granting cert text and a text, history & tradition approach.**** Roberts often bends (as did Kennedy) with the political wind and it appears he (and Kennedy before his retirement) were responsible for previous 2A cert denials. *****

    The outcome of this case does not depend on some esoteric argument pointing out how Progressive Judges were wrong to distort Heller & McDonald then use interest - balancing via intermediate security, followed by judicial deference (as in Turner) to rule against the 2A. The argument will not appeal (pun) to those Justices who while scrutinizing “feel” the right is a danger to the progressive agenda, or to Roberts who may think (especially now) “carry” is a “bridge to far.” The 2A approach mandated in Heller and in McDonald is text, history and tradition.****** This has been pointed out (time after time) in in previous cert petitions, the difference now is five Justices on the bench who think the 2A means what it says.

    Pointing out the obvious: Roberts has three votes from the Liberals and needs one vote from a conservative to deny cert, or to moot the case, or to give N.Y. a 5 – 4 win on the merits. Failing that, he is likely to join the five originalists and make it a 6 – 3 win for the 2A . . . whereupon he will assign himself to write the opinion and curtail “carry” as much as 4 of the conservatives will tolerate. Otherwise Thomas (senior Justice) gets to pick himself as the opinion writer; Roberts is not apt to let that happen.

    A per curiam holding as in Caetano (the issue was “common use”) is possible, but may be unlikely (my unsupported opinion) because “carry” is the subject of a deeper circuit split and has much broader ramifications. If N.Y. voluntarily goes “shall issue” a majority of justices might then agree to moot, but the other “may issue” states (having cases in the pipeline) probably will encourage N.Y. to resist until the bitter end.

    The arithmetic looks very favorable; however, one (or more) of the five originalists (now fearing blood in the streets, or court packing) may wimp out, or court packing on an accelerated timeline might actually occur, or there might be a compromise holding that adopts “strict scrutiny” as a controlling test for 2A restraints. Given what almost all Democrat (and a few Republican) lower court judges did to Heller/McDonald . . . Democrat judicial appointees in the lower courts would immediately commence to camouflage “intermediate” as “strict scrutiny” and continue to make sure the “state always wins.”

    Paul Clement (whose integrity and competence are conceded in any court where he appears) has at least two reasons to not to take a case to the Supreme Court that is not (in his professional judgement) winnable. Conservative Justices (thanks to Donald Trump) are in control of the outcome of a 2A case for the first time since Heller/McDonald became law. These eight factors (Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanagh, Barrett, Clement, Heller and McDonald) add up to a text, history and tradition win.

    In love, war and litigation nothing is ever absolutely certain . . . but, the overwhelming weight (absent actual court packing - the threat may not be enough) of current, readily available, supported, credible information shows . . . no reason based in math, fact, or law to be pessimistic about the outcome of this case at this juncture.

    Regards
    Jack

    *https://casetext.com/case/ny-state-rifle-pistol-assn-inc-v-beach Part A.
    **https://d3uwh8jpzww49g.cloudfront.net/sharedmedia/15 11334/2020-12-17-nra-corlett-cert-petition-final.pdf See “Question presented” p. 1.
    *** “It is in the very nature of the tiers of scrutiny that they contradict the constitutional provisions in question, by purporting to find those rights "outweighed" by the government's interest in violating them.” Stephen A. Siegel, , 48 Am. J. Legal Hist. 355, 407 (2006) The Origin of the Compelling State Interest Test and Strict Scrutiny,
    **** In Turner “The outcome supported Congress's right to judge what approach would best . . . .” https://www.oyez.org/cases/1996/95-992 : See conclusion.
    For those who think Democrat Judges have not been wrongfully evading Heller. . . “Breyer’s dissent explicitly advocated an approach based on Turner Broadcasting; that the Heller majority flatly rejected . . . .” https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/deca496973477c748525791f004d84f9/$file/10-7036-1333156.pdf See Kavanagh’s dissent in Heller 11 at pages 21 & 22,
    And / or his concurrence in mooting the previous N.Y. case,
    “Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored a concurring opinion . . . to agree with the dissenting justices in their interpretation of the leading Second Amendment cases, District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008) and McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010).” https://www.oyez.org/cases/2019/18-280 Scroll down to the Conclusion, para. 2:
    For those who still have doubts, see: Symposium: Barrett’s history-first approach to the Second Amendment
    https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/10/...story-first-approach-to-the-second-amendment/ (Easy to read summary here).
    *****John Roberts May Not Be the Ally Gun-Rights Advocates Hoped For “All 10 cases presented the justices with the major open questions on the Second Amendment’s scope, and featured leading and respected Supreme Court advocates.”
    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...lly-gun-rights-advocates-wanted-it-be/613105/ (Another easy to read summary).
    ******”Two years ago, in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U. S. ___, this Court held that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense and struck down a District of Columbia law that banned the possession of handguns in the home.”
    https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1521.pdf McDonald p.1.
    “Strict and intermediate scrutiny are balancing tests and thus are necessarily encompassed by Heller’s more general rejection of balancing.” Judge (now Justice) Kavanagh dissenting in Heller 11.
    https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/DECA496973477C748525791F004D84F9/$file/10-7036-1333156.pdf See pages 5, 22,24,& 25 of the Kavanagh dissent.
    “As this Court made clear in both Heller and McDonald, the Second Amendment, at its core, guarantees a right to keep and bear arms for self- defense. . . . That commonsense conclusion is compelled by the text and structure of the Second Amendment, by the history of the right it protects, and by any fair reading of both Heller and McDonald.”
    https://d3uwh8jpzww49g.cloudfront.n...020-12-17-nra-corlett-cert-petition-final.pdf Clement’s cert. petition, Page 8.

    It seems like you can't even figure out which thread to post to. The current NY carry case has its own thread https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=251967
     

    Cruacious

    C&R Farmer
    Apr 29, 2015
    1,594
    Elkton

    From my reading, the reason for denial is continuing allegations of mismanagement of funds and outright fraud by LaPierre and the other board members. Now, if the allegations were to be positively addressed I feel the bankruptcy proceedings would be acceptable.
    I feel the next few months will be extremely interesting in regards to how the NRA will manage this rolling disaster. I can easily see a vote of no confidence being upheld against the entire governing board now.
     
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    lazarus

    Ultimate Member
    Jun 23, 2015
    13,673
    https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/sto...ter-11-national-rifle-association/5043456001/

    U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Harlin Hale of Dallas ruled that the pro-gun-rights group did not file its bankruptcy petition "in good faith" but instead did so "to gain an unfair litigation advantage" and "to avoid a state regulatory scheme."

    Yeah, I am going to go out on a limb here and say most likely they are going to get reamed. If they are lucky, the worst that happens is most of the officers involved are going to get personally hammered. If the organization is lucky, they won't be ordered to disband entirely and suffer the corporate death penalty and will just suffer large fines. I don't see NYS doing anything other than hammering them now that the federal judge has ruled against them.
     

    Slackdaddy

    My pronouns: Iva/Bigun
    Jan 1, 2019
    5,845
    I shows the Character of WP,, He could care less about the NRA or the 2A.
    If his heart was in the fight, he would have stepped down and pushed for a new "grass roots" board.

    I fear these power/money hungry fools will drag the NRA through the grave yard as they pick the carcass clean.
     

    Jim12

    Let Freedom Ring
    MDS Supporter
    Jan 30, 2013
    33,860
    Another story about the mismanagement at the NRA based on information from the bankruptcy trial.

    https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/t...ase-study-in-how-not-to-operate-a-non-profit/

    "... New York’s complaint also alleges that the NRA had improper business dealings with board members and their firms. Approximately one-fourth of the 76-member board had contracts or made deals with the NRA, a practice that is legal only as long as the board determines the deal is “fair, reasonable, and in the corporation’s best interest.”

    A board this size is inadvisable. Experts recommend that nonprofit boards have between eight and 14 members so they can act as one group, with each member feeling responsible. After critics blamed scandals at the American Red Cross in the early 2000s on the board’s large size, it was scaled back. That board now ranges between 12 and 20 members, down from about 50 in 2005. ..."


    76 Board members!!! And, 1/4 of them have deals with the NRA (so, presumably automatic board "yea" votes by 1/4 of them right out of the chute)!!!

    How could they even get a quorum for Board meetings, let alone become acquainted with Board governance matters in order to advise, consider, and vote on them? That necessarily resulted in delegation -- derogation -- of Board duties to the exec, WLP.

    I merely shook my head when the massive annual Board election ballots arrived in the mail. The largest companies in the world don't have Boards that size.
     

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