Here's the Wise Latina on the Second Amendment case during her confirmation hearings on DC vs. Heller which declared unconstitutional the ban on firearms in Washington DC and recognized individual gun rights:
Ah, but she's got the job now. So, let's see how the Wise Latina justified voting against the recent 5-4 McDonald vs. Chicago decision, which used Heller as a precedent and simply extended that decision to make state-level gun bans unconstitutional:
I understand the individual right fully that the Supreme Court recognized in Heller.
In sum, the Framers did not write the Second Amendment in order to protect a private right of armed self defense.
Having scammed her way through her hearings, she'll now be on the Court as a reliably Leftist, activist voice for a couple of decades.
Just a reminder to consider this when you listen to any assurances coming out of Elana Kagan's mouth right now.
This woman is less qualified for this position than Harriet Miers w whom President George W. Bush nominated for the Supreme Court. The "left" and even the "right" vigorously opposed her nomination primarily on the grounds that she lacked the qualifications for such a position and she was a Bush crony. They did the right thing in that instance.
ReplyDeleteNow Mr. Obama has nominated one of his cronies who is less qualified than Ms. Miers was. Where is the "left" now? By their actions here and elsewhere they show they have no ethics? As for the "right," they do not have any media outlets to get a message out. Also, they may be demoralized from being trampled on by both Republicans and Democrats. Nevertheless I do wish they would oppose this person's nomination with the same vigor that they opposed the nomination of Ms. Miers.
The only justice I trust to follow the Constitution is Clarence Thomas : he will stand up to both the left-wing -- & right-wing -- . --dragon/dinosaur
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