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Amishman

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3. Probably not, 5th amendment related case law is pretty clear on needing compensation for govt taking
Thu Nov 29, 2018, 11:37 AM
Nov 2018

Which is why I am so very suspicious of this from Trump.

A good law / change done through unconstitutional means with nationwide scope lets the gun lobby cherry pick the friendliest conservative courts for the challenge. Trump appeals all the way to the SCOTUS, where his newly appointed right wing judges use it to write an overly broad ruling overturning all sorts of gun restrictions, probably using the 'common use' argument that Kavanaugh is famous for. I. Other words, the gun lobby has their puppets on all three sides of the case; litigant, defendant, and judge. They get to write whatever they want into constitutional case law without anyone else being able to intervene

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