- Judge VanDyke, author of majority opinion in 9th cir. 2nd amendment case, writes a separate "alternate" opinion reaching the opposite result as a "favor" to colleagues who want to reverse en banc mocking the court's 2nd am. jurisprudence with snarky footnotes. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2022/01/20/20-56220.pdf 77 comments law