Gillibrand, Dem Senators Urge SCOTUS To Drop NYC Gun Law Case

By Cam Edwards

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who once signed on to an amicus brief that argued Washington, D.C.’s ban on handguns was unconstitutional, has now teamed up with four other anti-gun Democrat senators in a legal brief urging the Supreme Court to drop an upcoming case that challenges a long-standing New York City gun law restricting the transportation of legally owned firearms.

The amicus brief filed by Gillibrand and her fellow senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Dick Durbin (D-IL), makes two arguments. First, they say that the case before the U.S. Supreme Court isn’t a real legal issue, but is instead a “project” dreamt up by the NRA and the Federalist Society, and should therefore be rejected by the Court.

To stem the growing public belief that its decisions are “motivated mainly by politics,” the Court should decline invitations like this to engage in “projects.” See Quinnipiac Poll, supra note 2 (showing fifty-five percent of Americans believe the Court is “motivated mainly by politics”).

Petitioners’ effort did not emerge from a vacuum. The lead petitioner’s parent organization, the National Rifle Association (NRA), promoted the confirmation (and perhaps selection) of nominees to this …Read the Rest

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