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.maineman » 21 Feb 2023, 5:01 pm » wrote: ↑ indeed. The former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court - a judge first nominated by Ike in 1956, who served on the Appeals Court for 13 years before being nominated by Nixon to replace Earl Warren as Chief Justice of SCOTUS in 1969 had an opinion. And he eloquently expressed it. And I am referring to the entire body of writing that Burger put out on what he viewed as a misreading of the purpose and intent of the Second Amendment. I won't reduce it down to a two sentence sound bit even though you would like to.