Could Adam Kokesh arrest turn into Supreme Court case?

[TaftFan]

This is a serious question. Is Adam considering taking this to the Supreme Court?

The Court ruled in Heller that you can own an arm in D.C., but did not touch the subject of bearing it.

Who would be good to represent him?

 

[kcchiefs6465]

This is a serious question. Is Adam considering taking this to the Supreme Court?

The Court ruled in Heller that you can own an arm in D.C., but did not touch the subject of bearing it.

Who would be good to represent him?

Andrew Napolitano.

Preferably.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Who would be good to represent him?

Ted Cruz?

 

[TaftFan]

Ted Cruz?

Wonder if he could find the time will still a Senator? But year he is overly qualified, having argued before the SCOTUS multiple times.

 

[RideTheDirt]

This is a serious question. Is Adam considering taking this to the Supreme Court?

The Court ruled in Heller that you can own an arm in D.C., but did not touch the subject of bearing it.

Who would be good to represent him?

He is being charged with possesion of mushrooms and a firearm, and not the incident that happened at freedom plaza. http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/0...k-during-arraignment-91237.html#ixzz2YtyxuVxo
He didn't speak, and has been assigned a public defender. Hope this turns anround very quickly.

 

[pcosmar]

He is being charged with possesion of mushrooms and a firearm, and not the incident that happened at freedom plaza. http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/0...k-during-arraignment-91237.html#ixzz2YtyxuVxo
He didn't speak, and has been assigned a public defender. Hope this turns anround very quickly.

By Constitutional law,, he does not have to speak at all. And he has a right to an attorney.

Public Defenders work for the state,, not for the individual.

He has been "charged with",,,,,, This means exactly diddly squat. He has been "charged with" before and those charges dropped.
I expect he does want a case to fight. I also expect that they don't. And I really doubt the Mushrooms charge.

will see.

 

[Cap]

GOA attorney?

 

[tod evans]

This is a serious question. Is Adam considering taking this to the Supreme Court?

If I remember correctly litigation of the Heller case started in 03-05 and wasn't heard in the SC until 08.

And you've got to remember that due to the nature of the SC it's not Adam's choice whether or not the court would grant certiorari.

 

[presence]

“There are very few people who have the courage to stand up for our constitutional rights,”
said Danny Panzella a libertarian activist and radio host from New York.

Kokesh is risking his own freedom for us, he said.
“He is being brave and should be respected.”
“We are completely committed to non-aggression,” he said.
“Law enforcement operates by intimidation.”


Kokesh is making a powerful statement, Panzella said.
“If he is convicted of a crime he will be a martyr.
If he is acquitted he will be a Second Amendment hero.”

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/07/...actvist-ransacked-home/#.Ud5HVPDKcgE.facebook

 

[Matt Collins]

http://www.cato.org/events/heller-ruling-five-years

 

[BamaAla]

By Constitutional law,, he does not have to speak at all. And he has a right to an attorney.

Public Defenders work for the state,, not for the individual.

He has been "charged with",,,,,, This means exactly diddly squat. He has been "charged with" before and those charges dropped.
I expect he does want a case to fight. I also expect that they don't. And I really doubt the Mushrooms charge.

will see.

What he's charged with is extremely important, actually. The Supreme Court isn't going to issue a writ of cert on a "bearing arms" question if the original charge wasn't about bearing arms.

 

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

Ted Cruz would not defend him. There are worlds apart in their thinking and ideology. One is a neocon, the other is a anarcho-capitalist.

As far as this going to SCOTUS, about 99% of all cases brought to the court are thrown out before even being heard. For example, in 2010 8,159 petitions for writ of certiorari (formal requests for review), and only 87 of those were accepted on appeal, which works out to 1.005%. There is no way they are even going to consider the case. Plus, Adam can't afford a legal team. Those fees have to be absolutely astronomical.

Also, does Judge Nap have any real connection to Adam? I think Adam was a guest on Freedom Watch a few times, but are they actually friends?

 

[Carson]

I wonder if he knows about Gary Kreep at The United States Justice foundation.

I sort of see them like a right hand or opposite pole of the American Civil Liberties Union. Like an un-bought off version.


Anyway;

http://usjf.net/



Maybe we should get Adam Kokesh word.

 

[eduardo89]

Andrew Napolitano.

Not a lawyer.


I would think that if this does have a chance of going to SCOTUS and bans on open carry being ruled unconstitutional (ban on concealed carry already has been ruled unconstitutional in Moore v Madigan) then the best lawyer to handle it would probably be Alan Gura who successfully argued both D.C. v Heller and McDonald v Chicago.

 

[eduardo89]

Ted Cruz would not defend him. There are worlds apart in their thinking and ideology. One is a neocon, the other is a anarcho-capitalist.

Ted Cruz is not a neoconservative.

 

[mrsat_98]

Guns & Drugs charges should be dismissed in lower court. Gun in your own home is generally an exception to the rule. Using "man or other animals" will probably shut the whole thing down if someone has the gonads to push it.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

I don't think this is going to the Supreme Court. There's just not enough there.

 

[eduardo89]

I don't think this is going to the Supreme Court. There's just not enough there.

Of course there is enough. There is a complete ban on open carry in DC, Kokesh is being arrested for open carry. That's certainly is enough.

 

[TaftFan]

Ted Cruz would not defend him. There are worlds apart in their thinking and ideology. One is a neocon, the other is a anarcho-capitalist.

As far as this going to SCOTUS, about 99% of all cases brought to the court are thrown out before even being heard. For example, in 2010 8,159 petitions for writ of certiorari (formal requests for review), and only 87 of those were accepted on appeal, which works out to 1.005%. There is no way they are even going to consider the case. Plus, Adam can't afford a legal team. Those fees have to be absolutely astronomical.

Also, does Judge Nap have any real connection to Adam? I think Adam was a guest on Freedom Watch a few times, but are they actually friends?

You have no idea what you are talking about. First, Cruz is not a a neocon, second he argued with the Heller case.

 

[eduardo89]

You have no idea what you are talking about. First, Cruz is not a a neocon, second he argued with the Heller case.

Cruz was the guy who wrote the amicus brief submitted on behalf of 31 states urging SCOTUS to strike down D.C.'s handgun ban.