Dems to supreme court: Heal or face restructuring
The part I feel this story is really about:
The Democratic senators' brief was filed in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. City of New York, which dealt with legal limitations on where gun owners could transport their licensed, locked, and unloaded firearms. They are urging the court to stay out of the case brought by the NRA-backed group, claiming that because the city recently changed the law to ease restrictions, the push to the Supreme Court is part of an "industrial-strength influence campaign" to get the conservative majority to rule in favor of gun owners.
If the court still decides to hear the case, a ruling against New York City could prevent other cities and states from passing similar gun control laws.
I mean, there isn't really much else to this story. They call for "healing" and "partisan politics" and who's for/against "court packing", but really the only imminent thing happening is New York City stands to maybe lose a court decision on gun control.
Which shows just how influential New York City really is, to muster this kind of campaign against the Supreme Court itself.
Personally, I hope they lose. (They won't.)