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"JerryMouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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. > > CITE. -*MORT*-
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