Saturday, March 15, 2008

Vacationing in D.C.

We had dinner last night with Professor Bob Cottrol of George Washington University School of Law, and Professor Joe Olson of Hamline University to discuss possible strategies for after the Heller decision (assuming that we are going to win--which looks very promising). Bob was on my master's thesis committee--even though my M.A. is from Sonoma State University--there just weren't enough experts in the issues of early Republic, black history, and weapons regulation to make up a full committee at SSU.

We had a lovely evening, discussing the curious decline in academic standards over the last 30 years, gun regulation, black history--and then gun rights attorney David Hardy arrived, and joined the discussion. Hardy, who has written several interesting books, mentioned a book that he has written about the lawsuits filed by Columbus's heirs against the Spanish crown--which took over three hundred years to resolve!

Today, Joe Olson, my wife, and I, went and did the tourist thing. We walked around the Capitol--too late to get in on the tour. Then we went to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum--and then the Library of Congress. My feet and ankles are worn out, and I'm not quite prepared to put up the pictures right now--we're about to go get some more dinner. So you will just have to wait!

Pray for Alan Gura, the attorney representing us before the Supreme CourtHeller. He is carrying a considerable responsibility, and this is his first case that he will argue before the Supreme Court.

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