City returns in gun-rights case

[Elderberry]

SCOTUSblog by Amy Howe 7/22/2019

Earlier this month, New York City sent a letter to Scott Harris, the clerk of the Supreme Court, to inform the justices that a challenge to the city’s ban on transporting guns outside the city limits is moot – that is, no longer a live controversy. The Supreme Court did not accept the letter, perhaps because the challengers in the case objected. The challengers argued (among other things) that the letter was “premature” because the developments that the city cited as rendering the case moot had not yet gone into effect. With changes to both state and city laws now in place, the city returned to the court today, urging the justices to remove the case from their docket for the upcoming term.

More: https://www.scotusblog.com/2019/07/city-returns-in-gun-rights-case/#more-288256

[Smokin Joe]

Because a ruling would keep them from pulling this rabbit out of the hat again at a moment's notice.

[txradioguy]

Hopefully the Justices see this for what it is and keep the case on the docket.