Gavin (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} selfishgene) wrote,@ 2008-03-19 15:21:00 |
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DC v Heller
My prediction is SCOTUS will do their usual spineless split-the-baby trick. They won't rule unequivocally for liberty or for gun control. They will produce some sort of weasel wording about limits to freedom and limits on government power with a topping of noble judicial principle. This will allow politicians, lawyers and ordinary people many more years of pointless wrangling about what exactly SCOTUS meant by some obscure phrase. Naturally all of this makes SCOTUS more important and indispensable, which is how they like it. More people will beat a path to their door to have them pronounce on some dubious interpretation. Of course the more ambitious justices will be allowed to produce utterly meaningless dissents which will improve their standing in the partisan media.
My prediction is SCOTUS will do their usual spineless split-the-baby trick. They won't rule unequivocally for liberty or for gun control. They will produce some sort of weasel wording about limits to freedom and limits on government power with a topping of noble judicial principle. This will allow politicians, lawyers and ordinary people many more years of pointless wrangling about what exactly SCOTUS meant by some obscure phrase. Naturally all of this makes SCOTUS more important and indispensable, which is how they like it. More people will beat a path to their door to have them pronounce on some dubious interpretation. Of course the more ambitious justices will be allowed to produce utterly meaningless dissents which will improve their standing in the partisan media.
