Oral arguments are tomorrow morning at 10:00 EST. Check for transcripts after lunch.
Though they did so in Heller, the Court has chosen not to allow a recording of the proceedings. I’d have hoped that, with Souter gone, the Court would consider broadcasting, but that appears not to be the case.
Though the Justices’ minds are likely made up at this point, the tenor and nature of their questions may give us an idea where they lean. It should be fun to see Chicago counsel dissemble while trying to pretend Heller didn’t mean what it said.
They’re obviously nervous. Mayor Daley has stooped to trotting out Blair Holt’s parents to cry on cue for the cameras, and we have this missive from Dennis A. Henigan, in which he cites the same tired, discredited statistics he’s been using for years. It’s a sad last wave before drowning, but the text and history of the 14th Amendment are squarely on our side.