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Showing Original Post only (View all)Both sides file appeals over fee award in DC gun case [View all]
The District of Columbia and a man who sued the city over its gun laws are both appealing a judge's award of attorneys' fees in the historic case.
A judge ordered the city in December to pay more than $1 million to attorneys for Dick Heller, who sued the city in 2003 over its ban on handgun ownership.
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Heller's attorneys had argued they should be paid $3.1 million for their work.
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/02/both-sides-file-appeals-over-fee-award-in-dc-gun-case-72977.html
How much longer will the citizens of DC and Chicago continue to pay for the actions of their elected leaders?
But I suppose when it ain't your money, the checks are easier to write.
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I guess that means a state could start ignoring the Thirteenth Amendment if they wanted to, yes? n/t
PavePusher
Feb 2012
#37
You're gonna whine and bitch about living in DC and not having voting rights in every thread?
rl6214
Feb 2012
#72
*Again* with the genetic fallacy. Anyway, it doesn't matter-rights are rights.
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#19
Apparently Mr. Heller wasn't supposed to assume the Constitution applies everywhere.
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#16
DC has good cause for complaint. That doesn't legitimize its stance on guns.
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#29
In your view, are there any *other* SC decisions that shouldn't apply to DC?
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#33
Who said "sell"? Rent it out. Also, as I stated before: "Amendment Process".
PavePusher
Feb 2012
#58
If DC had recognized his rights to begin with, you'd have no legal costs to complain about.
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#14
DC's legit beef about lack of representation isn't a "Get Out Of Recognizing Constitutional Rights..
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#25
Virginians apparently didn't want interracial marriages in 'their' state.
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2012
#31
"not one single gun dealer is independently operating a gun store on private property in DC."
HALO141
Feb 2012
#70
Because some yahoo filed a law suit that got the 5 right wing Justices to vote the NRA way.
Hoyt
Feb 2012
#66
Stevens and the other three who agreed with his dissent didn't buy into the NRA's view.
Hoyt
Feb 2012
#76
I am fine with that. Keep them in your homes - although with some restrictions on numbers and type.
Hoyt
Feb 2012
#78
The 2nd doesn't appear to allow for that, and the dissent leaned heavily upon Miller.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2012
#79