Virginia Gun-Quake Continues: Dems abandon plans for assault weapons ban (Constitution news round-up)

2A: Virginia gun-quake leaves Dems quaking in their boots; they abandon plans to introduce assault weapons ban
https://freebeacon.com/issues/virginia-dems-cave-on-confiscation-as-2a-sanctuaries-expand/

2A: Virginia sheriff threatens to deputize thousands of citizens to get around any gun-control measures the new Democrat legislature might pass
https://www.theblaze.com/news/virginia-sheriff-deputize-thousands-of-citizens-to-get-around-gun-control
 
2A: West Virginia lawmaker introduces bill to hold gun-free zones legally liable for shooting injuries
https://wvva.com/news/top-stories/2019/10/14/w-va-delegate-introduces-bill-to-hold-no-gun-zones-legally-liable-for-shooting-injuries/
 
2A: use of ghost gun in teen shooting in California shows the futility of gun control: #WhackAMole
https://www.yahoo.com/news/teen-used-ghost-gun-california-171408301.html
 
2A: What restrictions of free speech would you tolerate? - Extreme Risk Protective Order for free speech? One book a month? Banned books for dangerous individuals? Banning "assault magazines" with more than 10 pages? Got the point yet?
https://www.facebook.com/therepublicanstandard/?__tn__=%2CdkCH-R-R&eid=ARC_ZLxluWTxMEN4tyO2MX-kwLYP4W7JuMmr6C1vI5GZf0XwohAvqPiJ2Ojj6E_qCASIcsQBa6HxlBDk&hc_ref=ARS3RkmI2KyQtiAMpMGKo4X2G1OUEp9ZMpiKEdT4OxZhtbhITwUa9pl3zWVhf0seX4o&fref=nf&hc_location=group
 
Free Expression: Singapore slaps ‘fake news’ label on posts of government critic under rubric of combatting false information online. #CarefulWhatYouWishFor
https://reason.com/2019/12/03/heres-what-happens-when-a-government-demands-a-fake-news-label-on-social-media/
 
1A: Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Delaware law requiring political balance of the major parties on its courts; small parties object
https://www.theepochtimes.com/supreme-court-to-consider-if-states-can-choose-judges-on-party-affiliation_3168612.html

1A: Minnesota woman files suit after being threatened with harassment prosecution for filming zoning violations at her neighborhood mosque
https://www.americanfreedomlawcenter.org/press-release/civil-rights-lawsuit-filed-by-grandmother-threatened-with-prosecution-for-filming-mosque-violations/

1A: religious freedom group appeals U.S. military’s decision to ban religious dog tags
https://freebeacon.com/issues/first-amendment-group-appeals-military-ban-on-religious-dog-tags/

1A: Christian school in Maryland contests exclusion from state school choice program because of its traditional beliefs on marriage despite no actual discrimination on basis of sexual orientation
https://reason.com/2019/11/18/was-church-excluded-from-maryland-school-choice-program-because-of-problematic-views-on-marriage/
 
1A Religion: judge cites Religious Freedom Restoration Act in acquitting activist who leaves water for illegal migrants in wilderness areas
https://www.whio.com/news/local/religious-freedom-law-plays-key-role-migrant-aid-case/xugOKukjBdYqJzI8CgNyyN/
 
4A: sister had no authority to consent to a search of her brother’s garbage bags inside her storage unit; evidence (fentanyl) excluded and conviction vacated (1st Circuit)
http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/18-1876P-01A.pdf

4A / Due Process: is it reasonable to toss personal items when taking down homeless encampments?  9th Circuit says a class action is not the way to find out.
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/11/29/18-35053.pdf
 
8A: Supreme Court upholds suspension of federal executions pending litigation in lower courts
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/8/supreme-court-refuses-allow-federal-executions-car/
 
Unenumerated Rights - protect through substantive due process or the Privileges or Immunities clause?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=rRuMGtH4JkU&feature=emb_logo
note this in 9A doc to read

9A: Go from zero to sixty on the Ninth Amendment and unenumerated rights in one short article
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/constitution-ninth-amendment-protects-rights-not-listed-in-bill-of-rights/

1A/Discrimination: deceptively named Equality / Fairness for All Act “expands government power to dictate how individual Americans should think, speak, and act”; free speech and conscience rights threatened in healthcare, public square, school sports, and elsewhere.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/8/democrats-trying-to-thwart-constitution-with-equal/

14A: Well, this had to happen eventually - lawsuit claims SAT and ACT college admission tests discriminate on the basis of race and wealth
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/10/786257347/lawsuit-claims-sat-and-act-are-illegal-in-california-admissions

Commerce Clause: federal judge affirms California’s right to dictate meat-production techniques to the other 49 states (‘comply with our rules or don’t sell here’)
http://www.jeffersonpolicyjournal.com/agriculture-u-s-constitution-lose-in-california-court/

Kudos! to the U.S. Constitution Scholarship Foundation in Florida for holding free after-school classes on the Constitution to remedy the deficiencies in today’s STEM-heavy high school curriculum
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/12/06/these-founders-aim-to-improve-how-schools-teach-history-and-the-constitution/

Hamilton on impeachment (Federalist Papers #65) - “there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties, than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt.”