{"id":600,"date":"2010-01-06T13:41:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T18:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2010-01-06T13:41:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T18:41:34","slug":"nra-wants-time-before-scotus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"NRA wants time before SCOTUS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NRA<\/a> would like to have their lawyer speak before SCOTUS<\/a> in the McDonald v. Chicago<\/a> case:<\/p>\n

“The National Rifle Association asked the Supreme Court<\/a> on Tuesday to allow its lawyer to take part in the oral argument March 2 in the case testing whether the Second Amendment<\/a> restricts the power of state and local governments to pass gun control laws. It sought 10 minutes of time allotted to the individuals and groups that are pursuing the Amendment\u2019s extension … The Court in the McDonald case will consider two main arguments for applying the individual right to possess guns to state and local laws: first, that gun rights should be protected at those levels by the 14th Amendment\u2019s<\/a> \u201cPrivileges or Immunities\u201d clause; and, second, the protection should come under the Amendment\u2019s Due Process clause. Both of those arguments are at issue in the question presented by the petition. The NRA said it wants to put stress on the due process argument … The Due Process Clause<\/a>, former Solicitor General Paul D. Clement<\/a> said in the NRA motion, \u201cpresents the most straighforwad and direct route to reversal of the decision\u201d of the 7th Circuit Court<\/a> against extending the Second Amendment to the state and local level …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wonder if the Brady’s<\/a> are going to ask for equal time to pitch their argument?<\/p>\n