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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3049053
The Illinois State Supreme Court found a strict assault weapons ban passed after the Highland Park shooting to be constitutional in a ruling issued Friday.
In the end, it doesn’t really matter what any state court thinks, you know it’s going to the Supremes.
You mean SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States). This is also a Supreme Court, but of a single state.
Yep and they will over turn it.
Various specific restrictions on firearms and accessories have been found constitutional. I know we’re in the Calvinball version of SCOTUS right now, but this particular finding is at least in line with historical findings.
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Their argument for this case was the the broad exceptions for police and jail guards violated the 14th:
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall […] deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Yeah, I’m just saying that arguing occupational differences being a class protected by the 14th is as bizarre an argument as I’ve heard, and I suspect it was done for the headlines. I’m shocked it was a close ruling, but then I was shocked by Roe being overturned.
The unfortunate result of a corrupt court putting party politics over our rights and the constitution.