GOA Response to SCOTUS Denial of Cert

[JT]

As I predicted, the Nine Nonagenarians punted our rights down the road.
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"Gun Owners of America today reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision to deny “cert” in Kettler v. U.S.—a case brought by GOA which was supported by eight state Attorneys General. Following the Court’s announcement, GOA Executive Director Erich Pratt issued the following statement:

“The decision by the Supreme Court to deny cert in the Kettlercase is deeply disappointing. Jeremy Kettler was a victim of Eric Holder’s Justice Department, who prosecuted a disabled veteran for a ‘crime’ where no one was hurt, injured or killed. ..."

Read more: https://www.ammoland.com/2019/06/goa-reacts-to-scotus-denial-in-kettler-nfa-case/#ixzz5qXVTh9LJ

 

[noway2]

The fight for freedom and rights will never be won in the courtroom.

The downside of doing free people stuff, like Kettler did, is you need to be prepared to bring holy hell down upon those that would try to deny you your rights and make them rue the day they tried.

 

[Downeast]

In my opinion the primary purpose of the SCOTUS is to protect the government and its authority and the rights, freedoms, and privileges of the citizens is secondary.

 

[noway2]

In my opinion the primary purpose of the SCOTUS is to protect the government and its authority and the rights, freedoms, and privileges of the citizens is secondary.

That's what it's become. Initially I think it was supposed to keep congress constrained to its limited, enumerated, powers.

 

[gc70]

“The decision by the Supreme Court to deny cert in the Kettlercase is deeply disappointing. Jeremy Kettler was a victim of Eric Holder’s Justice Department, who prosecuted a disabled veteran for a ‘crime’ where no one was hurt, injured or killed. ..."

Pratt's response readily summarizes things for me; it is entirely based on emotional appeal rather than saying anything about the legal issues in the case.

I have only read the 10th Circuit ruling that was appealed to the Supreme Court, but the defendants appeared to present a weak case.

GOA is also invested in the state preemption aspect of the case. The 10th Circuit refused to rule on that part of the case, but if they had -or the Supreme Court had taken up that issue- the result would NOT be to allow states to define the terms and conditions under which they would be subject to federal laws.

 

[TripleO7]

Interesting that we just happened to have a recent nutcase shooter use a suppressor while this was up for consideration.

 

[MacEntyre]

In my opinion the primary purpose of the SCOTUS is to protect the government and its authority and the rights, freedoms, and privileges of the citizens is secondary.

That's what it's become. Initially I think it was supposed to keep congress constrained to its limited, enumerated, powers.

Yes, that's what it has become. However, it was not initially supposed to keep congress constrained to it's enumerated powers. Nor was it initially supposed to keep the executive constrained to it's enumerated powers.

The founders did not say who was to be the final arbiter of issues of constitutionality. The SCOTUS simply assumed that role, and all other parties allowed it to happen.

What was originally envisioned was that all three branches of government, as well as the states and the people, would scream bloody murder and not allow unconstitutional behavior. Nullification (by any of them) and voting was supposed to suffice.

Of course, that's all water over the dam now...