Marbury v. Madison. Row v Wade. Maloney v Cuomo? Yes. Prepare for the next landmark decision by the Supreme Court, one whose rise in the courts is only matched by supreme court nominee Sotomayor's place in the news. The debate? Whether it's legal to have nunchucks (sorry, nunchaku) in New York City. Sotomayor says no. Nunchaku enthusiasts everywhere say yes.
James Maloney (of upcoming Maloney v Cuomo fame) is considered the country's foremost authority on nunchuk laws according to National Public Radio, and got involved in defending American's god-given nunchuck toting rights when New York banned the use of "chaku sticks", apparently a popular weapon among gangs in the Big Apple (really).
Sotomayor ruled in a short paragraph that the second amendment kind of sort of applies only to the federal government and that states and local municipalities can ban guns (or nunchucks, no word on throwing stars) if they feel like it. No word on whether they can also ban first amendment rights as well.
The hope is, of course, that if Sotomayor is appointed to the Supreme Court, hopefully this issue can be settled with a fight to the death--Maloney with his nunchucks, and Sotomayor with a knife, as is her people's weapon of choice according to West Side Story. Or a dance off.
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