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To: Jim 0216
That’s fairly bizarre alright - hard to imagine with his stellar record. Whaddyagot to back up that assertion?

Google is your friend, but you can start right here at FR. Are Bork's own words good enough for you?:

Judge Bork on the 2nd Amendment & Gun Control

51 posted on 01/26/2010 8:05:57 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard
Well, although that may not be an inaccurate reading of the Second Amendment, I would say that the Constitution only grants specified and limited power to the federal govenment and I don't see forbidding arms as one of them. Anything that has not been delegated by the Constitution to Congress is reserved to the states and the people (10th Amendment).

This should be a matter for the states to decide where people at the local level have a direct say. I don't think Bork would disagree with that.

Bork has always stood for understanding original intent, and against a judge's replacement with his own personal morals, in Constitutional law. As a judge, Bork gave you his best reading of the intended law and not policially-motivated interpretations, which is whay he refused to speak in his defense when Kennedy and the Socialists (sounds like the name of a band) were reaming him - because he dosen't believe in mixing the law with politics.

As a private citizen, he may personally feel that way about guns, I don't know. On the bench and as a judge, however, Bork would give you his best reading of original intent which is why he was one of the most respected judges in following the integrity of the law.

52 posted on 01/26/2010 2:21:18 PM PST by Jim W N
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