Political commentator Keith Olbermann is facing backlash after tweeting that “[i]t has become necessary to dissolve” the U.S. Supreme Court following the Court’s ruling regarding a New York case that could help shape the national framework on gun laws. “The first step is for a state the ‘court’ has now forced guns upon, to ignore this ruling,” Olbermann tweeted. “Great. You’re a court? Why and how do [you] think you can enforce your rulings?” The decision of the Court to strike down a 100-year-old law , which required individuals to show “proper cause” in order to get a license and conceal-carry outside the home, is seen as a victory for Second Amendment proponents. Justice Clarence Thomas, who authored the majority opinion in the ruling on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen , wrote, “New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public for self-defense.” Olbermann is no stranger to controversy. In the past, he has discussed dating conservative commentator Laura Ingraham and has associated mass school shootings with Donald Trump and Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy. Olbermann’s statement… Read full this story
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