Posted on 07/14/2009 7:06:47 AM PDT by pabianice
Mentioned "hunting" and "target practice" as legitimate uses for a gun, as long as the state decides you can have one. Not one word on self-defense.
I don’t think that’s correct.
Obama’s pick for Supreme Court Justice, Sotomayor – a divisive voice and an embarrassment to the Supreme Court.
I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.
This statement above is categorically the epitome of racism. Why is Ms. Sotomayor stereotyping and assuming that white male judges can not render fair and just judgments and that the cases presented before a supreme court justice will inevitably involve experiences solely reserved for a Latina woman? The nomination of a United States supreme court justice should involve an individual’s qualifications and character, not ethnic background or other divisive considerations.
It worked for Ann Coulter, I believe she went to Cornell.
Unfortunately for me, my Senators are Lautenberg and Menendez, which makes me irrelevant to them.
Funny how Communists think the Bill of Rights does not apply to individuals but only limits federal powers.
So, what other parts of the Constitution can the States ignore?
NRA’s take:
http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=12523
Link to Reason:
“Sonia Sotomayor on Gun Rights and Racial Preferences
Why libertarians—and everyone who believes in limited government—should worry about Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee”
Damon W. Root | May 26, 2009
http://reason.com/news/show/133722.html
They need to get the word out that a vote for her will be recorded as an anti-gun vote. They haven't done that yet.
That's gonna cost them a few bucks and a few members.
“although a constitutional scholar”
Let’s put ‘supposedly’ in there. He gave a few seminars on voting rights. We have never seen any of his legal writings or opinions. Or research/college papers on law.
SO, as expected, people can either be criminals or victims.
Judicial committee rules state that at least ONE minority memer must Vote for Sotomayor to allow her Nomination to move to the Senate floor.
Republicans...or at least ONE repub....controls her Nomination.
Woe to the Repub member that votes OK.
There is a LOT more Ricci s than Latino votes.....show and tell kindegarten lessons are needed for republicans ?
I’ve got Boxer and Feinstein, but I still harass them daily.
They need to know their ideas and votes are unpopular in their state..even if they are safe, they know that others in their party may go down in the next elections. That may allow them to give nod to a blue dog that they won’t be punished for a no vote. Pressure..pressure. Plus it doesn’t hurt if they start worrying that the natives are really restless.
If she is correct, then neither does the First Amendment.
Much like how the rest of the world views America.
Chooses not to.
Wayne LaPierre was on FoxNews yesterday, and seemed to be 100% against confirmation.
I think the Sotomayor nomination presents a teachable moment that will be wasted. The debate will be on "incorporation," and in that somewhat esoteric legalism, most people will NOT learn that the Circuit Courts have been lying their asses off about binding precedent.
How the Circuit Courts misconstrue Presser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2269887/posts?page=15#15
puhleeze.... It's over and she's going to get the seat on SCOTUS. WHat "blue dog" Senator are you talking about? Hell, the two Senators from Texas are probably going to vote for her. It's all a big show as IF we lived in a representative democracy.
It's over. All we can do is hope that we can cheat as well as the libs in the next election.... but we won't and we can't.
Ever wonder how 10-13% of the population is black and another 10-15% is hispanic, but we get all these wonderful programs... it's because of the 20-30% criminal and pathologically lazy in the white population join with them in order to suck off the government nipple. The crook, scammers, union thugs, communist, socialist, and government employees are living off the smaller percentage of working and producing members of society....
We're toast.
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