Just saw it on NBC. It's being reported that Kavanaugh will be Trump's pick. Looks like a good one for 2A rights.
Kavanaugh is pick for SCOTUS
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Phazer
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Could be good.
Judge Kavanaugh’s Record on Second Amendment/Gun Rights | National Review
Judge Kavanaugh’s Record on Second Amendment/Gun Rights
July 4, 2018 1:06 PM
In follow-on litigation to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on the Second Amendment in D.C. v. Heller, a D.C. Circuit panel majority, consisting of two Republican appointees, upheld the District of Columbia’s ban on possession of most semi-automatic rifles and its registration requirement for all guns in D.C. Judge Kavanaugh dissented (in Heller v. D.C. (2011)). An excerpt from his dissent:
In Heller, the Supreme Court held that handguns – the vast majority of which today are semi-automatic – are constitutionally protected because they have not traditionally been banned and are in common use by law-abiding citizens. There is no meaningful or persuasive constitutional distinction between semi-automatic handguns and semiautomatic rifles. Semi-automatic rifles, like semi-automatic handguns, have not traditionally been banned and are in common use by law-abiding citizens for self-defense in the home, hunting, and other lawful uses. Moreover, semiautomatic handguns are used in connection with violent crimes far more than semi-automatic rifles are. It follows from Heller’s protection of semi-automatic handguns that semi-automatic rifles are also constitutionally protected and that D.C.’s ban on them is unconstitutional. (By contrast, fully automatic weapons, also known as machine guns, have traditionally been banned and may continue to be banned after Heller.)
D.C.’s registration requirement, which is significantly more stringent than any other federal or state gun law in the United States, is likewise unconstitutional. Hellerand later McDonald said that regulations on the sale, possession, or use of guns are permissible if they are within the class of traditional, “longstanding” gun regulations in the United States. Registration of all lawfully possessed guns – as distinct from licensing of gun owners or mandatory recordkeeping by gun sellers – has not traditionally been required in the United States and even today remains highly unusual. Under Heller’s history- and tradition-based test, D.C.’s registration requirement is therefore unconstitutional.
Deplorable Me
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Tell Andy and his unSafeAct to bend over.
kev74
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You guys are quick!!!
I saw a highlight on NBC before they cut to Trump's speech.
Another Kennedy student. Not sure if I like this. Teaches at Yale and Harvard.
Jmac00
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chuck schumer to object and obstruct in......3.......2.......1
kev74
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Teaches at Harvard, Yale and GWU, tutors school kids, delivers meals on wheels and coaches CYO basketball. To the left = unqualified monster!!!!!
Not my first choice....
Not that it matters what I think.
Should be somewhat easy to get him approved.
Not that it matters what I think.
Should be somewhat easy to get him approved.
Kavanugh has stated that he considers Roe vs Wade binding under stare decisis and would seek to uphold it, but has also ruled in favor of some restrictions for abortion.
I keep hearing names from his mouth i dont like. Bush, Keegan, Kennedy. Too many ties to globalists.
Phazer
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Don't care.
I can't defend my family with a "morning after pill" or a visit to Planned Parenthood.
I want as much of an originalist as we can get on the court to protect our rights as enshrined in the Constitution.
Exonautic
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Hopefully Ginsberg had a heart attack when she found out
This isnt the guy.
I posted that mostly due to the Demoncrats ranting and raving about how Roe vs Wade is going to be reversed.
That throws their argument out the door.
Phazer
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Oh...come on. Give me 5 minutes to dream, will you please?
Exonautic
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Yeah, I don't really care about roe vs Wade. The upholding of the amendments is whats important to me.
Dr. Evil
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Just remember, it could have been Hillary picking. I am satisfied.
MadScientist
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His opinion pieces have consistently been in favor of the 2nd amendment. I’m fine with that personally.
In evaluating Kavanaugh, there’s only one reasonable conclusion to draw: He’d be an excellent Supreme Court justice, and he would make the Court substantially more originalist and rigorous.
But saying that he’s an excellent pick is not the same thing as saying that he’s the best available pick. There’s a difference between a home run and a grand slam. The question — given this unique moment in which the Trump administration is listening to the best conservative legal minds, Republicans control the Senate, and the filibuster is a thing of the past — is whether Kavanaugh represents the grand slam.
But saying that he’s an excellent pick is not the same thing as saying that he’s the best available pick. There’s a difference between a home run and a grand slam. The question — given this unique moment in which the Trump administration is listening to the best conservative legal minds, Republicans control the Senate, and the filibuster is a thing of the past — is whether Kavanaugh represents the grand slam.
Carlos Hathcock
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I watched her fall asleep and drift onto the guy next to her on some program I was watching last week. Hilarious.
Arjuna
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livingston
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Burzum
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Furthermore I want abortions for: illegal aliens, prisoners, and those on public assistance, WHY DO WE WANT ANY MORE SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS?
All I care about is the 2nd Amendment for the moment, Alito and Roberts have been cowardly sellouts on protecting the 2nd Amendment.
Dr. Evil
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"determined to avenge President Obama if it’s the last thing I do"
Let's hope this comes to fruition.
I'd rather them put off any possible decision than risk a disastrous outcome. While waiting sucks, it is WAY better than taking a loss.
MikeyCNY
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Oh come on! Do you know how much shit I have in my Brownells/PrimaryArms/MidwayUSA carts! I'm ready to hit ORDER BABY!
livingston
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NYGuy54 says:
July 9, 2018 at 9:16 pm
How is this for an oddity? Brett Kavanuagh was a HS classmate of Neil Gorsuch and the NY Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman.
July 9, 2018 at 9:16 pm
How is this for an oddity? Brett Kavanuagh was a HS classmate of Neil Gorsuch and the NY Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman.
MikeyCNY
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So when are we taking bets for President Trump's 3rd choice?
livingston
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Gun Owners of America are saying. They love him.
“Judge Kavanaugh’s opinion is the first we have seen since the Supreme Court’s decisions in Heller and McDonald that unambiguously reject any and all of the “interest balancing tests” in deciding Second Amendment challenges.”
“Judge Kavanaugh’s opinion is the first we have seen since the Supreme Court’s decisions in Heller and McDonald that unambiguously reject any and all of the “interest balancing tests” in deciding Second Amendment challenges.”