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In all fairness, all the other Bill of Rights amendments were already applied to the states. The ACLU pretty regularly takes 4th and 5th Amendment cases.
by aetherson 14y ago
In all fairness, all the other Bill of Rights amendments were already applied to the states.
The ACLU pretty regularly takes 4th and 5th Amendment cases.
- streptomycin 14y agoYep http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Rights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Ri... the second amendment was incorporated in 2010, but most of the others were incorporated decades ago. By that data, if anything, the NRA is protecting the second amendment worse than all the other amendments have been protected.
- ta15151 14y agoI'm pretty sure they were waiting until the Supreme Court composition favored them before bringing a case. Heller was a 5-4 decision, filing when the court was more left/liberal could have had resulted in a devastating judicial precedent for gun owners.