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From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Did the Supreme Court Really Back Mo - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 9-Oct-83 21:27:19 EDT
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uiucdcs!renner    Oct  9 20:25:00 1983

	I did a little reading and found out a few things about the US
Supreme Court and the Morton Grove gun control law.  Some of you might
be interested to know that:

   *  the Court did not uphold the earlier verdict, it merely decided not
      to hear the case.  The Court frequently does this for reasons having
      nothing to do with the merits of the case.  The effect of this is to
      leave intact the ruling at the appeals court level, which is valid
      in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana but nowhere else.

   *  The NRA asked that the Court *not* hear the case.  They say they want
      the Court to decide a case that concerns only the 2nd Amendment.
      Or something like that.  I think they're worried about setting
      a nation-wide precedent.

   *  The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the
      ordinance.  The issue will be whether Morton Grove has exceeded its
      police powers provided for by the state constitution.

Scott Renner
...pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner