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...likely the Montana law will end up before the Supreme Court, Halbrook says, following the same track as the landmark Printz v. United States case, which he argued successfully before the court. That case was filed in Helena, Mont., challenging the constitutionality of requiring local enforcement officers to perform background checks required by the federal Brady Act, regulating handgun sales. The district court found the requirement unconstitutional but was overturned by the more liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The lower court decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court in 1997, four years after the Brady...
...Montana law will go into effect on Oct. 1, and the ensuing legal battle will be long, perhaps three years or more, Halbrook says. Helmke expects the Brady Campaign to join the fight. The Printz decision was a 5-4 split with the majority opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia, but this latest challenge could be heard by a court sitting in Obama's second term or his successor's, meaning it will likely be a court with a different lineup...
...paranoia is so deep," says Jay Printz, sheriff of Ravalli County, Montana, another hotbed of militia activity. "I just hope it doesn't deteriorate into armed confrontations." Others, argue that the new antifederalists are a mostly responsible lot. "These aren't survivalist wackos," says John Howard, president of the Individual Rights Foundation. "A lot of them are prominent people in their communities who do believe the Federal Government has gone too far." Even as the Westerners fight for local control, they are struggling just as hard to retain the huge federal grazing, farming, irrigation and mining subsidies that the Clinton...
...Barry E. Printz Former President
Samp told Printz that all she needs is a notarized statement to that effect from her roommate...