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Her support of the Second Amendment is probably the most important quality of a Supreme Court judge.

We can’t let the left talk us out of supporting her,barring any rulings where she rejected the Constitution.

Yep. That seals it for me. She is definitely my first choice.

“Her support of the Second Amendment is probably the most important quality of a Supreme Court judge.”

I agree wholeheartedly. Of all of the Amendments, the 2nd is the one that those who believe in government as the solution to all problems hate the most, because it is a direct challenge to their authority...and that is exactly the point of the 2nd. It was put there first and foremost to ensure that if some then-future generation needed to take up arms to depose or replace a tyrannical government, as the Founding Generation did, then they would have the means by which to prosecute such a change.

Those who read the 2nd as being primarily to protect our right to defend ourselves against criminals, or to kill Bambi, are wholly missing the point. Those things, as important as they may be, are just a little bit of dessert compared to the main course of protecting our means of self defense against a rogue government (or an invasion by a different government intent upon eliminating our liberties).

Judges are under enormous pressure to cave on this issue, and the fact that “Notorious ACB” has resisted that pressure, and that she is true to her oath of preserving and protecting the Constitution, speak incredibly highly of her. Maybe once she’s confirmed, some 2A cases will actually find their way toward getting Cert - because before now and for several years, it has been a total crap shoot because Roberts has been completely squishy (and I believe that is because he has been blackmailed). Now the Justices can decide to hear these cases because we’ll be a solid 5-4 winner, and possibly 6-3 once Roberts’ blackmailers understand that his vote is now meaningless.