Terrible news in Washington today. I hope this doesn’t translate into more lenient gun laws in Chicago (or anywhere else). I also hope idiotic, 100% preventable stuff like this doesn’t happen more often in DC now, either.

It’s not terribly surprising though, given that, according to Wikipedia, “Seven of the current justices of the court were appointed by Republican presidents, while two were appointed by a Democratic president. It is popularly accepted that Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito compose the Court’s conservative wing. Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer are generally thought of as the Court’s liberal wing. Justice Kennedy, generally thought of as a conservative leaning moderate, is considered most likely to be the swing vote that determines the outcome of certain close cases.”

Pretty much dead on. This is the epitome of “voting along party lines,” although I hope that’s not what it boiled down to ( like it has in the past?).

Update: Daley’s response. I’ve probably never appreciated Mayor Daley more. (Maybe because he’s never been more coherent less incoherent.)