[AnAmericanMother]

Well, maybe not in New York, but a firm scotching of the "collective right" theory of the 2A would go a long way in most of the other 49 . . .

I have also found that 2A absolutists tend to be conservative right down the line. If you have the guts to hew to a conservative interpretation of the most reviled section of the Bill of Rights, you usually have the guts to stick with almost anything. I was very suspicious of Bork because of his collectivist view.

. . . and that seems to be a major problem. Souter's record, for example, was quite conservative until he apparently got his head turned.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

I have also found that 2A absolutists tend to be conservative right down the line.

Not necessarily...

And yes, there are jurists with the exact same attitude.

However, I've yet to see a judge who believes in overturning Roe v. Wade who is otherwise a bleeding-heart, loose constructionist lib.