"To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing,
if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Bottom of the Ninth

by Lee

The Ninth Circuit Court, located right here in San Francisco, has the dubious discintion of being the most overturned court in the country. By handing down decisions like this one it’s not hard to see why.

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel reluctantly upheld a local California ordinance banning weapons bazaars on government property Tuesday, saying it was bound by precedent.

In dismissing a challenge to an Alameda County ordinance, the three-judge panel ruled that gun enthusiasts had neither a First Amendment nor a Second Amendment right to possess weapons for sale on county property.

Get that?  Citizens don’t have a First or Second Amendment right to possess firearms on land paid for with their tax money.  The only good thing about the Ninth making this ruling is it means that it will most likely get overturned on appeal.

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