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State amici shut out, SG gets extra time: is the fix in in Heller?

By Douglas A. Berman

For anyone (like me) eager to see a robust Second Amendment right protected by the courts, today's Supreme Court order list concerning argument time in Heller provides an ominous tea leaf to read.  Tony Mauro in this post provides the story: In a brief order on today's order list the Supreme Court dashed the hopes of gun rights advocates who hoped to have two lawyers and additional time arguing their cause before the Supreme Court when it hears arguments in the historic case D.C. v. Heller March 18. Without explanation, the Court denied the motion of Texas Solicitor General R. Ted Cruz for argument time on the side of Alan Gura of Gura & Possessky, who has argued the pro-Second Amendment position from the start of the case. But the Court did agree to give Solicitor General Paul Clement 15 minutes to argue, in addition to the 30 minutes for each side in the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 25, 2008 (boomark / email).