Handgun carry case (Malpasso) scheduled for 1/24/2020 conference. (Read 1319 times)

Charles Nichols

From my website: https://californiaopencarry.com/status-of-my-federal-open-carry-lawsuit/

Update – January 9th, 2020, – SCOTUS scheduled the following handgun carry case to its 2nd conference:  Brian Kirk Malpasso, et al., Petitioners v. William M. Pallozzi, in His Official Capacity as Maryland Secretary of State Police – Jan 08 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.  Ironically, despite the cert petition being limited to handguns, this particular cert petition is one of the better (least terrible) of the 2A cert petitions filed thus far.  The question presented is: Whether the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit typical, law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns outside the home for self-defense in any manner.  There are several other “carry” cases that SCOTUS could have scheduled for a conference after NYSRPA v NYC was argued but didn’t.  I am going to get my hopes up, for the very first time since McDonald v. City of Chicago was published.
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There was a 2A cert petition (assault weapons, magazines) and a "Chevron Deference" cert petition which were scheduled for the January 10th conference.  I suspect that when the Orders List is released next week that we will see both cert petitions denied.  SCOTUS already had the opportunity to grant an assault weapons case after Kavanaugh replaced Kennedy and didn't.  And although there seem to be enough justices who want to overturn Chevron Deference to grant a cert pettiion challening it, I think they will wait for a less controversial case, which is to say one not involving bump stocks.