That did not take long.
A federal district judge in New Mexico has enjoined (issued an injunction) the governor’s order. The judge said this clearly violates the Constitution in NYSRPA v. Bruen and DC v. Heller.
What may be interesting in the YouTube video that I watched, one of the governor’s lawyers argued that the US Supreme Court was wrong in NYSRPA v. Bruen. This was basically asking a district judge in New Mexico to override the Supreme Court. Uhhhhh…… first year constitutional law perhaps? Having never been to law school, maybe one of the lawyers in this forum can chime in on precedents set by the Supreme Court and if a federal district judge can simply overturn Supreme Court precedent. I understand a district judge or Circuit Court of Appeals trying to interpret what Supreme Court said which is way different than saying, ignore the Supreme Court. According to the video I watched, in the oral arguments the federal judge shut down that tactic, saying that the inferior court’s job was to uphold precedent set by the Supreme Court. The inferior courts are any federal courts that are not the Supreme Court. For example, the federal District Courts in Beaumont are inferior courts. An appeal from there to the Fifth Circuit Court in New Orleans, is also an inferior court.
In any case, at least for the moment, the governor’s emergency order has been suspended. It seems they may be grasping at straws and know they are on thin ice if they are asking a federal judge to ignore the Supreme Court. I know that lawyers will use any legal tactic or argument possible for their client and I agree, but this seems like being ridiculous.
In my opinion…..