Andrew ShieldsJun 15, 2024
"Luckily we can predict what our machine guns will do”: A line from Katy Evans-Bush’s “Joe Hill Makes His Way into the Castle” and its echo in a SCOTUS decision. #111Words #KatyEvansBush #JoeHillMakesHisWayIntoTheCastle #MachineGuns #SCOTUS #KennethPatchen #Poetry #Literature #GarlandVCargill https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/06/luckily-we-can-predict-what-our-machine.html
"Luckily we can predict what our machine guns will do”: A line from Katy Evans-Bush’s “Joe Hill Makes His Way into the Castle” and its echo in a SCOTUS decision

"Luckily we can predict what our machine guns will do," writes Katy Evans-Bush in "From lines by Kenneth Patchen #14" in her book "Joe Hill ...

armadillosoftJun 14, 2024

SCOTUS goal: Ensure that when the Fascist takeover occurs, RW is very well armed.

RT @Nonilex

#GarlandVCargill turned on whether #BumpStocks meet definition of a #MachineGun under a 1986 #law.
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Cargill didn't directly involve #2ndAmendment, but was a test of the reach of a #FederalAgency to interpret #regulations — a major crusade w/the current #SupremeCourt.

#Legal precedent says courts should DEFER to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes if reasonable.

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#GarlandVCargill turned on whether #BumpStocks meet the definition of a #MachineGun under a 1986 #law. Fed appeals courts were divided in 5 earlier decisions, before #SCOTUS. 
Cargill’s case did not directly involve the #2ndAmendment, but was a test of the reach of a #FederalAgency to enact & interpret #regulations — a major crusade w/the current #SupremeCourt. #Legal precedent says courts should DEFER to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes if reasonable. #GunControl #ActivistCourt

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#GarlandVCargill turned on whether #BumpStocks meet the definition of a #MachineGun under a 1986 #law. Fed appeals courts were divided in 5 earlier decisions, before #SCOTUS.

Cargill’s case did not directly involve the #2ndAmendment, but was a test of the reach of a #FederalAgency to enact & interpret #regulations — a major crusade w/the current #SupremeCourt.

#Legal precedent says courts should DEFER to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes if reasonable.

#GunControl #ActivistCourt