The Supreme Court has rejected several appeals from crucial Second Amendment cases, once again passing up the chance to make a substantive ruling.
No Second Amendment Judgement From The Supreme Court In 10 Years
The Supreme Court denied petitions for appeal in 10 cases in total, with the cases that were denied asking big questions on the Second Amendment.
Some of these included: whether banning interstate handgun sales was a violation of the Second Amendment; whether Illinois or Massachusetts can ban so-called “assault rifles” and high capacity magazines; and if there is a constitutional right to carry a firearm outside the home.
It follows the non-judgement last week of a case regarding a now-defunct New York state law, with the justices ruling that there was no need for one, given the specific legislation no longer existed.
However, Justices Alito, Gorsuch, and Thomas, all said they would have sided against the state in the case.
The last time the Supreme Court made a substantive judgement regarding the Second Amendment was in 2010, with the critical DC vs Heller decision affirming the right to own a handgun for self-defense two years prior.
This means that the Supreme Court has not properly touched the issue for at least decade.
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Thomas: ‘The Court Simply Looks The Other Way’
Justices Thomas and Kavanaugh slammed the Supreme Court for their inaction on the issue.
In a dissenting opinion for the rejection of an appeal by a New Jersey resident, Thomas argued that “one would think that such an onerous burden on a fundamental right would warrant this Court’s review.”
“This Court would almost certainly review the constitutionality of a law requiring citizens to establish a justifiable need before exercising their free speech rights,” Thomas continued, adding that “it seems highly unlikely that the Court would allow a State to enforce a law requiring a woman to provide a justifiable need before seeking an abortion. But today, faced with a petition challenging just such a restriction on citizens’ Second Amendment rights, the Court simply looks the other way.”
I couldn’t have put it better myself.
Given the fact that the Supreme Court now has a pretty solid conservative majority, it needs to tackle these issues before the Democrats have a chance to appoint insane leftist judges that would let the state and federal governments trample all over our right to bear arms.