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The US Federal constitution contains a right to bear arms, which supersedes the NYC law which stated ordinary citizens could not "bear arms" in public without justifying an exceptional need.

There is no analogous constitutional right for abortion. Roe v. Wade inferred it from a "right to privacy", which also does not exist in the text.



The US Federal Constitution contains the 9th amendment which guarantees that the enumeration of specific rights in the Constitution cannot be construed to deny any other right not enumerated in there, but that doesn't matter for these courts.

They have become openly partisan and will pick and choose whatever suits their political leanings. Once they got a majority on the court they no longer need to play ball with the other side




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