The United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit consists of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals along with district and bankruptcy courts in the 15 federal judicial districts that comprise the circuit. It is the largest circuit geographically and by population- it hears cases involving nearly 20% of the total US population. Almost 80% of its findings that make it to SCOTUS are overturned.<\/p>\n
Here’s the latest candidate for reversal.<\/p>\n
By Victor Morton and Alex Swoyer <\/strong><\/p>\n A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that there is no right to carry a gun in public.<\/p>\n The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 7-4 ruling rejected a challenge to Hawaii\u2019s requirement that residents must pass an application to have weapons outside the home.<\/p>\n Hawaii\u2019s law requires residents to show an urgency or need to carry a firearm, the applicant must have good character, and he or she must be \u201cengaged in the protection of life and property.\u201d <\/p>\n George Young applied twice for a firearm carry license, but was denied. He unsuccessfully sued Hawaii officials over the restrictions. <\/p>\n \u201cThere is no right to carry arms openly in public; nor is any such right within the scope of the Second Amendment,\u201d the court ruled in an \u201cen banc\u201d decision that involved 11 of the panel\u2019s judges.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can find no general right to carry arms into the public square for self-defense,\u201d the majority wrote, claiming that the Second Amendment applies to the \u201cdefense of hearth and home.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe power of the government to regulate carrying arms in the public square does not infringe in any way on the right of an individual to defend his home or business,\u201d the judges wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n Four of the panel\u2019s judges disagreed with the ruling, arguing the state regulations destroyed the right to carry a gun for self-defense outside of the home. <\/p>\n \u201cThis holding is as unprecedented as it is extreme,\u201d wrote Judge Diarmuid O\u2019Scannlain, a Reagan appointee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n SCOTUS has dodged Second Amendment cases since the 2008 D.C v. Heller landmark ruling that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess firearms. The Second Amendment guarantees ‘the right of the people to keep and bear<\/em><\/strong> Arms’ (emphasis added). It does not limit how or where these arms may be born. High time for SCOTUS to level the field across all the states and uphold citizen’s individual rights. Read the entire article here: Washington Times<\/a> <\/p>\n