After a hiatus of 69 years, the Supreme Court has ruled today on the meaning of the 2nd Amendment in the highly anticipated case of District of Columbia v. Heller. Not since 1939 has the Supreme Court heard a case testing the 2nd Amendment scope.

This is the ultimate question here: Does the 2nd Amendment guarantee an individual right to have a gun for private use, or does it only guarantee a collective right to have guns in an organized military force such as a state National Guard unit?

Today the US Supreme Court voted ( 5 to 4 ) to grant terrorism suspects held since 6 years , in Guantanamo Bay without  specific charges or trial, access to  Federal Courts in accordance to Habeas Corpus.

Justice Kennedy was the swing vote on the court.

Of course the conservatives on the Court ( Including the two Pres. Bush's nominees, Justice Roberts and Alito)were dissent votes on the case.

Senator McCain's reaction to the vote was very much in line with the one of  the Bush Administration.