In the public square, where ideas are freely exchanged, and should continue to be so, the opinion of a learned jurist on a constitutional issue is never "irrelevant".ConsRule » 21 Feb 2023, 5:05 pm » wrote: ↑ But the Berger Court never ruled on a 2nd Amendment case, therefore his words are either Op-Ed or irrelevant due to SCOTUS rulings. For that matter, if they HAD ruled on a 2nd Amendment case, subsequent SCOTUS rulings would make it irrelevant.