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?

Perusing the The Washington Post today, I happened upon one of those light Sunday features that usually appear either just before or just after a presidential election.

"Never Mind This Year's Election. Meet Six Locals Who Might Be Ready To Run for the White House Two Decades From Now."

Joel has some astute observations about this Mike Bloomberg ... what would you call it? Phenomenon? Boomlet? Media-generated apparition? I really don't know. But I was struck in particular by his last point: