Posted on 02/09/2003 7:35:21 AM PST by nwrep
Justice Janice Brown
Supreme Court: Moving On, Moving In, Moving Up
A vacancy could open up in the U.S. Supreme Court soon
By Daniel Klaidman, Debra Rosenberg and Tamara Lipper NEWSWEEK
Feb. 17 issue: It's been nine years since the last vacancy opened up on the U.S. Supreme Court. That historically long drought could end this year with at least one resignation. Eager White House aides are stepping up preparation efforts, vetting candidates and contemplating a special media operation to deal with a potential confirmation battle.
Other observers think Bush could take another approach, appointing California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown instead. Brown is a conservative African-American who's ruled against affirmative action and abortion rights. Her nomination would let Bush add the court's third woman and second African-American in one swoop. And White House lawyers have already interviewed her. Tom Goldstein, a Washington lawyer who argues cases before the court, believes Brown could even get the nod for chief justice. "An African-American female nominee is not going to be filibustered," he says. She doesn't have a record that will stop Democrats in their tracks. And after months of bitter Senate fights over nominations to lower courts, that could have an appeal all its own.
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But square this circle with her opinion on gun shows.
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If the state had done it, it would have been interesting to see her opinion then. Since we don't have that, I will have to conclude that her opinion on guns and gun rights lies in her support of the assault weapons ban.
What's "easy" is the evidence of a simple mind that I'm seeing.
Since you do not like her take on assault rifles, you extrapolate to condemn her in her entirety.
Lastly, it could also be interpreted that her decision on gun shows could include both the right to keep and bear arms and the smiting of city ordinances which go beyond their purview. You see the one, ignore the other, but are fooling no one.
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CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 1 DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
SEC. 24. Rights guaranteed by this Constitution are not dependent on those guaranteed by the United States Constitution.
In criminal cases the rights of a defendant to equal protection of the laws, to due process of law, to the assistance of counsel, to be personally present with counsel, to a speedy and public trial, to compel the attendance of witnesses, to confront the witnesses against him or her, to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, to privacy, to not be compelled to be a witness against himself or herself, to not be placed twice in jeopardy for the same offense, and to not suffer the imposition of cruel or unusual punishment, shall be construed by the courts of this State in a manner consistent with the Constitution of the United States. This Constitution shall not be construed by the courts to afford greater rights to criminal defendants than those afforded by the Constitution of the United States, nor shall it be construed to afford greater rights to minors in juvenile proceedings on criminal causes than those afforded by the Constitution of the United States.
This declaration of rights may not be construed to impair or deny others retained by the people.
But it is quite obvious who is grasping at straws to support their opinion on Janice Brown.
You see nothing, imagine every thing, and ignore the obvious.
I am pro-Second Amendment, but if the NRA believed that this weapons ban could be stricken based upon an infringement of the U S Constitution, I am certain they would have filed a parallel suit in federal court asserting the federal constitutional violation. I think it harsh to say she is unqualified based upon her refusal to cite the Second Amendment for the proposition that no state restrictions on guns are constitutional. If she were on the U.S. Supreme Court, she would seem to be receptive to a more absolutist Second Amendment position based upon her desire to be faithful to the text of the particular document (whether it be the State Constitution or the U.S. Constitution) before her.
That said, I know little about her, but I believe it is fair to give her a hearing before opposing her based on one opinion. Little was known about Clarence Thomas, and he has turned out to be a splendid Supreme Court Justice.
Oh, I like this lady.
No matter. You're not fooling anyone.
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