Legal Commentary

I spent most of yesterday online answering questions from readers of the local paper about the Heller decision and found myself surprisingly unworked up.  Usually, the end-of-the-term blockbusters elicite either elation or anger, but Heller left me strangely cold.

Did I disagree with result?  Yes.  Did I think it was the end of the world? No.   Dahlia Lithwick has an interesting little post about the decision making a similar point (though, contra her speculation, I highly doubt that my lack of passion about gun control is some subliminal attempt to reassert my masculinity).

I've got one (two-part) question and one (straightforward) suggestion for those on the legal and political left.  The question is do others feel as unexcited about Heller as I do and, if so, why?  The suggestion is that if you feel like you are missing your standard end-of-term dose of outrage that you go back and read this brilliant post by Walter Dellinger on last term's Seattle schools case (which I somehow missed during last year's term post-mortem).