A decade ago we could all have guessed what would have happened. The 9th Circuit’s anti-constitutionalist majority would have creatively interpreted the Second Amendment away and upheld the “assault weapons” law.
Now I’m not so sure. Even the 9th Circuit’s anti-constitutionalists know the Supreme Court is, maybe, paying attention. And as Ed Whelan put it, the 9th Circuit’s Trump-sparked “transformation is underway.”
A decade ago we could all have guessed what would have happened. The 9th Circuit’s anti-constitutionalist majority would have creatively interpreted the Second Amendment away and upheld the “assault weapons” law.
Now I’m not so sure. Even the 9th Circuit’s anti-constitutionalists know the Supreme Court is, maybe, paying attention. And as Ed Whelan put it, the 9th Circuit’s Trump-sparked “transformation is underway.”