Spectator politics
Jun. 26th, 2008 03:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wendyzskiOoh - this could be even BETTER than the time the Mayor snuck in in the middle of the night and stole an airport....
Apparently the Constitution of the United States doesn't apply to Chicago!
Tribune article
Highlights:
City officials expressed confidence the city would prevail in any court challenge, asserting, among other things, that the 2nd Amendment as part of the Bill of Rights restricts the federal government and does not apply to state and local governments....
"We are confident that this does not invalidate Chicago's ordinance at this point," said Jennifer Hoyle, spokeswoman for the city Law Department.
Benna Solomon, deputy corporation counsel for the city, asserted that the Supreme Court decision applies only to the federal government. Washington D.C., she said, is part of the federal government, but Chicago is an independent home-rule unit of Illinois.
So basically all this means is that the challenge to the Chicago handgun ban will have to go to a federal court before being struck down. Might as well get started then....
Apparently the Constitution of the United States doesn't apply to Chicago!
Tribune article
Highlights:
City officials expressed confidence the city would prevail in any court challenge, asserting, among other things, that the 2nd Amendment as part of the Bill of Rights restricts the federal government and does not apply to state and local governments....
"We are confident that this does not invalidate Chicago's ordinance at this point," said Jennifer Hoyle, spokeswoman for the city Law Department.
Benna Solomon, deputy corporation counsel for the city, asserted that the Supreme Court decision applies only to the federal government. Washington D.C., she said, is part of the federal government, but Chicago is an independent home-rule unit of Illinois.
So basically all this means is that the challenge to the Chicago handgun ban will have to go to a federal court before being struck down. Might as well get started then....
