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439. Armed incoherence watch

By Joel Jacobsen

The Chicago gun control decision was a great liberal triumph, the culmination of nearly 50 years of such triumphs.  It shows the wonderful influence William Brennan continues to exert beyond the grave.  (See post 365.)   Justice Brennan spent much of the 1960s and 1970s voting to make this or that portion of the Bill of Rights "applicable to the states."  Sadly, he died with his great work unfinished.  Now soulmate Samuel Alito has picked up the torch.  Brings a tear to the ol' liberal eye, doesn't it? Just look at the glee with which Alito rubs liberals' noses in it: Third, JUSTICE BREYER (he means "Justce Breyer") is correct that incorporation of the Second Amendment right will to some extent limit the legislative freedom of the States, but this is always true when a Bill of Rights provision is incorporated...continue to full post

Full post as published by Judging Crimes on July 16, 2010 (boomark / email).