Ed Huntress wrote:

"Guido" wrote in message
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Gunner wrote:


Or do you call Blackstone a blogger as well?


On second thoughts he does seem to be a blogger who just
happens to be a law professor.

In most instances these law professors are wrong, its only
when the courts accept their writing as correct that they do
indeed become so. Which are the precedent and opinion books
that your SC accepts?


There's a heirarchy of "recognized authorities." Regarding the Bill of
Rights, at the top of the list is the transcript of the First Congress's
debates over the writing of the Bill. Since the Senate did not record its
debates, we have only those of the House. And, in regard to the 2nd, it is
not a favorite source for defenders of the 2nd Amendment. g


I thought there would be something like that. All the
discussion over words and their meaning are quiet frankly
useless when it comes to the law. The courts will have a set
meaning for each of the words, derived from their context.
Each phrase will be given greater or lesser weight, the
placement of the comma, semicolon, and colon given
particular significance. Argue as much as like about
alternative readings or interpretations: the law will have
but one.

So until you get a ruling all discussion is just **** and wind.

I don't think so. g

I didn't think he was a Blackstone.