What do Thomas Jefferson’s drinking habits, stealing your spouse’s Ambien, and the date Heroin become illegal all have in common? They were all part of yesterday’s Second Amendment insanity at the Supreme Court: www.dorfonlaw.org/2026/03/guns-drugs-and-supreme-court-insanity.html?m=1

March 03, 2026 - 13:17 UTC

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“Plato, they say, could stick it away / half a crate of whiskey every day.
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bigger for the bottle, / Hobbes was fond of his dram;
And René Descartes was a drunken fart / “I DRINK THEREFORE I AM”
- Monty Python’s philosopher sketch
About the same as this from SCOTUS:
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Sherlock Holmes injected himself with cocaine.

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how absurd, will indubitably be reflected in an originalist opinion by the Roberts court.
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Two takeaways: the first is tgat reading what you’ve quoted was like listening to really stoned people trying to figure out a bus timetable and secondarily the ignorance of these justices are profound. It is illegal to drink alcohol and drive. That is an absolutely appropriate analogy to the removal
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The Trump admin wasn't just arguing that they can take your gun away if you are actively impaired. They were arguing they could lock you in a cage for 15 years because you own a gun and take your spouse's ambien prescription a couple times a week
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of a weapon from a person who has diminished capacity. The degrees of diminished capacity may be argued and are argued daily but the principal is that a person under influence may not operate a machine. Drugged in this instance is alcohol: stoned police/citizens using guns or cars is unacceptable.
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Absolutely insane. It’s like we’re on crazy pills - or they are.

Good Lord
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