Well, that did not take long. A federal judge has ruled against key provisions of the latest New York gun law. foxnews.com/politics/feder… I previously wrote how Gov. Hochul and Albany gave gun rights advocates another easy target...
jonathanturley.org/2022/07/17/dem…
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...New York remains as the gift that keeps on giving to the gun rights litigators in passing easily challenged laws that offer immediate political benefits while causing long-term precedential damage. jonathanturley.org/2022/07/02/cir…
...No sooner had the Supreme Court ruled against the prior New York law than Gov. Hochul and legislators assembled another circular legislative firing squad.
...What is astonishing is that there are two justices -- Roberts and Kavanaugh -- who might be amiable to sensible restrictions. Yet, New York continues to overshoot the Court and its past case law.
...The state can appeal and the Second Circuit has been receptive to gun control legislation in the past. However, that has already led to reversals. Some parts of the law could survive but overall the law exceeds the expected boundaries in the post-Bruen world.
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