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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Sotomayor and the Second Amendment

Posted by: Garrett Murch at 2:39 PM

The American Civil Rights Union's Jan LaRue, a frequent Townhall contributor, in today's American Thinker exposes reasons to seriously question Sotomayor's commitment to the Second Amendment as a fundamental, individual right--even after the Heller decision. This does not look good.

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Cicero writes:	Wednesday, June, 17, 2009 2:55 PM
This is news?
Her views on the 2nd Amendment have been made know for the last several weeks. And why does it "not look good?" Do you expect a reversal of Heller anytime soon? Is she any worse in this respect than the David Souter she replaces? As an ardent gunnie myself and as one who has been involved in gun rights activism in the past, I'd say that it currently looks better for American gun owners (largely because of Heller) than it has in a long, long time.
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vladimir estragon writes:	Wednesday, June, 17, 2009 3:25 PM
Ah, Jan LaRue
Author of one of my favorite ledes: "The sisterhood of the snarling pantsuit, galloping astride their media geldings, launched a pre-emptive strike against Gov. Sarah Palin. Hell hath no fury like scorned leftist feminists. Their misdirected, irrational fury is unrestrained by any sense of hypocrisy." Sophomoric invective almost worthy of Coulter, and including the obligatory reference to male genitalia right in the first sentence.
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Cicero writes:	Wednesday, June, 17, 2009 5:17 PM
So Dan. . .
why do you figure the 9th Circuit didn't follow precedent?
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Jillianeana writes:	Wednesday, June, 17, 2009 5:30 PM
51 votes
out of 59/60 Dem leaning senators, plus Snowe and Collins. So, where do you think the GOP is going to get 51 votes to oppose here?
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Cicero writes:	Wednesday, June, 17, 2009 5:33 PM
BTW, here's what one "NRA know-nothing"
is saying about NRA v. Chicago: http://www.volokh.com/posts/1243963229.shtml It'll be interesting to see how this whole thing fleshes out, especially now that we have split authority in the appellate courts. Main thing is we have a ruling from SCOTUS that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right (in addition to a collective "right", I would add.) Not that it matters much. American guns, including the dreaded "black guns" are here to stay.
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Jillianeana writes:	Wednesday, June, 17, 2009 5:49 PM
yes, the activist supreme court
that set aside the will of the people in DC on gun rights.
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paddy o'furniture writes:	Wednesday, June, 17, 2009 6:16 PM
If the will of the people......
....is to take away guns, I'm afraid you're going to have to amend the Constitution.... .....good luck with that!
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Cicero writes:	Thursday, June, 18, 2009 1:54 AM
It is a settled constitutional principle
that the fundamental rights of individuals, such as the right to keep and bear arms, may not be abrogated by the will of the majority. So smoke that, multiple-personality girl.
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Tom Ketchum writes:	Thursday, June, 18, 2009 10:01 AM
jilliana
The will of the people in DC? They wanted the right to defend their homes and familys like everyone else . only misguided or corrupt politicians think or wish otherwise.
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