A three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Governor J.B. Pritzker\u2019s gun and magazine ban will remain in effect through the appeals process.\u00a0 Last month, US District Court Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled the so-called \u201cProtect Illinois Communities Act\u201d gun and magazine ban largely unconstitutional<\/a>.\u00a0 However, he issued a 30-day stay, which allowed the Land of Lincoln\u2019s Attorney General Kwame Raoul a chance to appeal, which Raoul promptly did.<\/p>\n Without getting too deep in the weeds, we on the pro-gun side (I\u2019m the Executive Director of Guns Save Life, one of the many organizational plaintiffs) had hoped that the Seventh Circuit would put an end to this charade and allow the stay to lapse during the appeal.\u00a0 However, given the subject matter, it is understandable that the Seventh Circuit judges would stay the decision striking down most of the law while it\u2019s appealed.<\/p>\n There are several rays of good light though.<\/p>\n First and foremost, the good guy plaintiffs drew a Trump-appointee judge to replace the rabidly anti-gun Diane Wood who retired earlier this year. In 2023, Diane Wood authored the 2-1 decision overturning a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the law.\u00a0 Wood invented a whole new two-part test that clearly ran afoul of Bruen<\/em>.\u00a0 The mental gymnastics of these gun-hating judges continues to astound those of us who can read the law\u2014and follow it.<\/p>\n Amy St. Eve has replaced Diane Wood, so at least (it would seem) we\u2019ll have a chance for an appellate court decision that follows the rule of law instead of gun-hating judicial activism.<\/p>\n What else? For those who have watched, the Blue-State government lawyers have been playing a hard game of \u201cDELAY DELAY DELAY\u201d on these cases. Their goal? To have the cases outlive the current conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. Their long-term plan involved replacing the Clarence Thomases and Sam Alitos with Satomayors and Brown-Jacksons.<\/p>\n Speaking of Thomas and Alito, word has it that they are hiring clerks<\/a>.\u00a0 From David Lat\u2019s Original Jurisdiction<\/em> Substack<\/a>:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Order-page-1-770.jpg\")
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