SCOTUS Blocks Florida's anti drag law

[Belsnickel]

(11-25-2023, 02:10 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: You're being far too kind.  The "compelling public safety" excuse was what they used to hang their hat on pre-Bruen.  Bruen directly addressed it and refuted it.  That they are still using it to justify their partisan rulings is clear evidence that they are ruling based on their own beliefs and not the actual law as clearly defined by SCOTUS.  Here is direct text from the ruling itself, 

"The Second Amendment is not subject to “any judge-empowering interest-balancing." (bottom of page 14)


https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2023/10/10/23-55805.pdf


Any judge still using it is purposely ignoring the actual law.

Oh, yeah, I just read an analysis on Bruen and they did get rid of means-end test, which is really, really a bad thing. The compelling state interest is still a part of it all, they just need to show that there is a historical analog to root it in. It is interesting, though, because the Rahimi decision was what it was, it really muddied the waters on what SCOTUS was looking for, there.

I have to say, though, getting rid of the means-end test is a very bad thing, IMO, and if that were used as precedent for other strict scrutiny decisions it could dismantle our government.