Judge VanDyke, dissenting: "The majority of our court distrusts gun owners and thinks the Second Amendment is a vestigial organ of their living constitution."
"We don’t protect the free speech of the taciturn less than the loquacious. We don’t protect the free exercise of religion in proportion to how often people go to church. We wouldn’t even allow soldiers to be quartered only in those parts of your house you don’t use much."
"It’s now beyond obvious that you can’t expect our court to faithfully apply any Second Amendment test that allows us to exercise much discretion. Many fundamental rights are protected by more bright-line tests. It’s past time we bring that to the Second Amendment."
Maryland's excuse: "The state has the 23rd-lowest gun death rate and imports guns used in crimes from other states at the highest rate in the country."
"Colorado has stronger gun laws than many states, but still has significant room for improvement."
Fifth Circuit reaffirms stay of OSHA vaccine mandate, says the agency may "take no steps to implement or enforce the Mandate until further court order." dl.airtable.com/.attachments/d…
"The Mandate’s stated impetus—a purported 'emergency' that the entire globe has now endured for nearly two years, and which OSHA itself spent nearly two months responding to—is unavailing as well. And its promulgation grossly exceeds OSHA’s statutory authority."
The school's lawyer: "When these students come to school wearing a shirt with the image of a gun on it, it creates fear and it creates anxiety amongst their classmates."
One of the judges: "High school students are not exposed to images of guns on a routine basis? They're ubiquitous in our society."
Judge Sykes asks if there's a gun-free school zone sign outside the building, says if "images of firearms appear in other forms in the school, it's hard to argue that seeing it on someone's t-shirt is going to substantially disrupt the learning environment."
NEW: Colorado Court of Appeals revives lawsuit challenging the state's red flag law (which argues that it wasn't read in full when enacted). Sends case back to lower court for further proceedings. courts.state.co.us/Courts/Court_o…
"The district court agreed with this argument. We don’t."