D.C. (Parker case) now on the 90-day clock

Please, I'm not being picky but:

The date of the article was: Wednesday, May 09, 2007.

D.C. asked for extra time to file in July(?) and the District Court said ok, but you damn well better file or we're going to have something to say about it.

D.C. has said that they will file (catching a lot of gun grabber flack for it ) I "think" the deadline is the end of this month or early next. But don't hold me to it.

(MP beat me to it but I rite gooder.)

 

The original deadline for filing their Sup Ct. cert petition was 8/6/07. In a most extraordinary move, DC asked for 30 extra days from the Chief Justice and was granted it, thus making the deadline 9/6/07. Now technically, if the respondent takes all their allotted time, the petition will not be ready for review by the 'long conference' on 9/28 before the new term begins on the first Monday in October. They may well file quickly and get it in for that conference. Either way, the petition will be considered early in the term, probably scheduled for argument in December or January, with a decision by June of 2008.

 

The wheels of justice turn slowly... *sigh*

 

I'd put my money on D.C. using every and any tactic to delay fileing and the SC to take up the question of cert. And if cert. is granted to delay arguments and delay a decision after argument.

It's not in their interest to have the issue settled.

 

Wiley,

Delay may very well be the desire of D.C., but once their cert petition is granted, they basically have no control of the timing. There are strict rules about when the briefs are due, the court simply fills its argument calendar, and the justices release decisions when they damn well please, getting them all out before the close of the term in June. In general, the Sup Ct are hard nuts and have very strict timelines for everyone but themselves.

 

In the interest of complete thoroughness, I forgot that August has 31 days and was reminded of that in reading a story on this case. The cert petition is due on September 5, not 6.

Also, you may begin to see this case referred to as 'Heller' instead of 'Parker', as Heller is the surviving plaintiff who had applied for a license in DC and been refused.

 

Huh? Did Fenty have Parker removed with extreme prejudice? I hadn't heard.

NEVER MIND. I found this on SCOTUSblog, which answers my question (and raises more).

 

If a US Citizen can be denied standing in a federal court in a federal district but a mere police officer in the federal district is granted standing, I have to react by going "Hmmmm".

Do government employees have a higher standing under the law than the common citizen?

 

Wasn't there an appelate(?) case that addressed that issue? The appelate court holding that a plaintif did not have to do something that they knew would be denied to have standing?

I'm soooo confused.

 

Gottcha.

 

From the VCDL newsletter 8-20-2007