I've asked this before, and nobody was able to answer it, but what happened to the original state suit filed by the NRA and Alan Gottlieb that was dismissed by the state supreme court?
This case was a winner, it was dismissed at the supreme court essentially because they ruled that the law did not allow preelection judicial review of the correctness of the i-1639 petition format. It was a technicality-they did not reverse on the merits of the case.
The election has happened, why is no one simply resurrecting the exact same argument that already won in Thurston County Superior Court?
Many kudos to Sporting Systems for leading the fight, but we need every challenge we can get- theirs is in federal court on what sounds like pretty narrow interstate commerce (and age descrimination?) grounds. We need not pin all our hopes on one "last, best" challenge to the law.
If you recall the attack on Obamacare, the Republican suit included everything and the kitchen sink in the complaint. The argument that had enough traction to make it to the Supreme Court was a peripheral one that no one expected to stick.
This case was a winner, it was dismissed at the supreme court essentially because they ruled that the law did not allow preelection judicial review of the correctness of the i-1639 petition format. It was a technicality-they did not reverse on the merits of the case.
The election has happened, why is no one simply resurrecting the exact same argument that already won in Thurston County Superior Court?
Many kudos to Sporting Systems for leading the fight, but we need every challenge we can get- theirs is in federal court on what sounds like pretty narrow interstate commerce (and age descrimination?) grounds. We need not pin all our hopes on one "last, best" challenge to the law.
If you recall the attack on Obamacare, the Republican suit included everything and the kitchen sink in the complaint. The argument that had enough traction to make it to the Supreme Court was a peripheral one that no one expected to stick.