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There are two side to every story

There are two side to every story: Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has completely corrected the typos contained in the original version of District of Columbia v. Heller, No. 07-290, that were noted in this earlier post, a different reader emails:

Here's another one for you to bring to the Court's attention: On page 49 of the majority writing, line 9, it quotes the Stevens dissent as "on both side of the issue"; page 4 of the dissent (line 2 of first full paragraph) actually says "sides".

Thanks for your great blog that keeps all of us so well informed!

The passage in question from Justice John Paul Stevens' dissent that is slightly misquoted in Justice Antonin Scalia's majority opinion actually states, "Even if the textual and historical arguments on both sides of the issue were evenly balanced, respect for the well-settled views of all of our predecessors on this Court, and for the rule of law itself, see Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co., 416 U. S. 600, 636 (1974) (Stewart, J., dissenting), would prevent most jurists from endorsing such a dramatic upheaval in the law."

Full post as published by How Appealing on June 26, 2008 (boomark / email).