If the status quo is found unconstitutional, will/can immediate stays be issued on the outcomes of the various court cases preventing substantive changes "to preserve the status quo" while the State appeals make their way thru the courts?


Status quo refers to the (unconstitutional) gun laws that have been in place for a VERY long time (~20 years).

Yeah. Benitez will only give a stay that protects us but the 9th may do different. Any stay will be from him or the 9th.

The 9th will do what the 9th does, but status quo is likely not part of it. Historically the 9th accepts any appeal on a gun rights win, holds the status of the states position, then sits on it forever and rules against us.

What has changed is two major bits. First, the 9ths test for 2A cases is now null and void. Second, if they stay a ruling, SCOTUS has said they must expedite that case. On the second, I am 100% sure the 9th will push that to the edge, but the first part is still an issue for them.  The state has essentially given up on trying to follow the rules of Bruen and defaulted to interest balancing of old. Me thinks there goal is pad that as much as possible, hope the 9th delays it for them as much as possible and by the time it gets to SCOTUS it will be delayed long enough the court makeup might be more favorable to them. If SCOTUS holds them to rule in a timely manner we win, if they dont, then who knows...

I've been thinking about status quo, especially relative to the magazine ban.  Until the ban went into effect, both the status quo and "common use" were 20 and 30 round magazines.