U.S. Supreme Court set to announce decision for D.C. v Heller

UPDATE: Victory in The United States Supreme Court!

The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled to release their decision on the Washington D.C. gun ban case on Thursday, June 26, 2008.

This will be a historic decision which will shape gun policy in America for decades.

Buckeye Firearms Association will post information as soon as possible, including a complete analysis of the decision and how each Justice voted.

Visit BuckeyeFirearms.org on Thursday and keep checking back for continuing updates as this story develops.

The following is an update on these developments posted today by author and Supreme Court-watcher Alan Korwin.

Gun Law Update - The Heller Case

By Alan Korwin, Co-Author
Supreme Court Gun Cases
June 25, 2008

Chief Justice John Roberts announced less than an hour ago that the Supreme Court would release its three remaining decisions tomorrow, Thu., 6/26/08, beginning at 10 a.m., Eastern time.

This includes D.C. v. Heller, the Washington, D.C. gun-ban case that is examining the meaning of the Second Amendment, and whether a complete ban on any operable gun in a private home violates the constitutional rights of individual citizens.

...Every news outlet on the planet is expected to cover the case in some fashion. Typically, "news" reports on gun issues have errors, spin, editorial mixed in with fact, and should be taken with at least a grain of skepticism until detailed analysis is available. The decision could be lengthy (perhaps 100 pages according to one knowledgeable party), and will take a while to digest in its entirety.

The law firm of Akin Gump is predicting with a high degree of
confidence that Justice Scalia will be the author of the principle
opinion in the Heller decision.

My firm Bloomfield Press is preparing a book on the Heller case, as a supplement to "Supreme Court Gun Cases" by Kopel, Halbrook and Korwin, released in 2003. It will contain extensive background, commentary by numerous leading experts, summaries of all 96 gun-related cases that have been heard by the High Court, and complete text of Heller with key elements highlighted throughout. Advance orders will be taken when we know what the page count will be, hopefully within 30 days of the decision.

That's it for now.
See you tomorrow.
Alan Korwin.