Supreme Court Allows Sandy Hook Families’ Case Against Remington Arms To Proceed : NPR

The court opted not to hear the gun-maker’s appeal, in a decision that was announced Tuesday morning. The justices did not include any comment about the case, Remington Arms Co. v. Soto, as they turned it away.

Remington had appealed to the highest federal court after the Connecticut Supreme Court allowed the Sandy Hook lawsuit to proceed in March. In recent court filings, Remington says the case “presents a nationally important question” about U.S. gun laws namely, how to interpret the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which grants broad immunity to gun-makers and dealers from prosecution over crimes committed with their products.

via www.npr.org

Well, this just shows again the problem with Certiorari review — it allows the Court to duck important and timely issues of law. Alexander Bickel would say this is a passive virtue, but it looks more like the Court is conserving its political capital so it can use it in the future, such as when it solved the abortion issue. Oh wait.