ATL Field Trip: At the Supreme Court, Hanging Out With Heller’s Angels
We just got back from visiting the Supreme Court, where we hung out with the (sizable and growing) crowd of people camped out at One First Street, so they can get seats in the courtroom for tomorrow’s argument in the D.C. gun control case, District of Columbia v. Heller (previously discussed here).
We’ll have more in subsequent posts. For now, we pass along this highlight. It’s a video of Alan Korwin and Robert Blackmer — strong supporters of Second Amendment rights, and members of a group called “The Cartridge Family” — singing their own unique version of “That’ll Be the Day,” with alternative lyrics. Check it out:
That’ll Be the Day [YouTube]
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The harmonies are inconsistent.
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i hope they uphold the gun control law. BAN GUNS!!!!
The harmonies are inconsistent.
Alright...These guys have convinced me. I wish I had a gun right now.
D.C.'s gun law is goin down harder than a cute paralegal at the annual firm Christmas party.
Those guys need to be arrested. I support gun rights but those guys are threatening to take up arms against the US government.
Lat,
This is great investigative blogging! Looking forward to your next posts on this topic.
ATL Reader
Everyone in my lawschool carries a gun. I mean, you have to, we're in the middle of West Philadelphia.
what percentage of the people in front of the court are packing heat?
It reminds me of the time that I waiting for the Sosa v. Alvarez argument and heard a parent explaining to their children that this must be the important court where the Michael Jackson trial is going on.
Very well done Lat.
4:32 - typical public school.
Is there any way to catch the arguments live online? Oyez won't have them for weeks...
Wow. Live specimens of the White Trash species, sub-genus "Jingoistica Crackerica,' once thought to be extinct.
wow. i just threw up all over my crotch.
5:23, the argument will be available on C-Span as soon as it's over. Here's C-Span's press release: http://www.c-span.org/Content/PDF/CSPANDCvHELLER.pdf
the guy on the right is pretty good.
Regarding argument broadcast, you cannot get it live, but c-span (and c-span.org) will have it at 11:30, and then it will be available online in perpetuity.
Maybe they could introduce this as new evidence that governments have a strong interest in keeping guns out of the hands of nut jobs.
Singing, dancing, shooting: the new triple threat.
4:16 What do you think the American Revolution was? It was the citizens standing up to an oppressive national government after all other methods failed. The Shot Heard 'Round The World happened when the national government of that time went to confiscate the personal firearms of the citizens, which happened to be the same type of firearms that were issued at that time to the enlisted military personnel.