Re: Silveira DENIED Certiorari

Morton Davis wrote:
>>
>> Further, when a REAL 2nd Amendment case (one not based on cosmetics)
>> gets to SCOTUS, the Supreme Court will have to take into account the
>> rulings of the 9th Circuit.
>>
>>
>
> Why? They are not required to do that: According to Title 28, Chapter
> I, Part 453 of the United States Code, each Supreme Court Justice
> takes the following oath:
>   "I, [NAME], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer
> justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor
> and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge
> and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as [TITLE] under the
> Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.''

It is the obligation of the Supreme Court to harmonize divergent rulings
amongst the circuits. That's what they do for a living.