So much for the 2nd Amendment. From the liberal website Jumping in pools (HT: Doug Roos at directorblue): President Obama has made a bold choice to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter with Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Ms. Sotomayor, if confirmed, would be the first Hispanic Justice and would be only the third woman on the Court.This from someone born poor that has succeeded. Typically, the post begins with identity politics (is anything else more important?). But to argue that the owning of a gun has been illegal/unconstitutional since the Bill of Rights is absurd. Here's the end of the post:
Sotomayor is a graduate from Princeton University, where her legal theses included Race in the American Classroom, and Undying Injustice: American "Exceptionalism" and Permanent Bigotry, and Deadly Obsession: American Gun Culture. In this text, the student Sotomayor explained that the Second Amendment to the Constitution did not actually afford individual citizens the right to bear arms, but only duly conferred organizations, like the military. Instead of making guns illegal, she argues that they have been illegal for individuals to own since the passing of the Bill of Rights.
Even with her meteoric rise, the nominee still believes there is work to do. In a 1999 interview with a local author, Sotomayor stated that she believed that the United States, "...may never truly be fixed. Racism and economic warfare still crush the dreams of countless second-class citizens. The unfair dimensions of our culture are staggering. You cannot succeed if you are born poor; you simply cannot."
The nomination is expected to go before the United States Senate where Republicans may give a strong fight against what may be considered "judicial activism.""May be considered?" How about simply "IS!" Remember, Sotomayor thinks the courts are where policy is made:
At what point will it occur to the public that the judiciary is being used to get through the most unpopular policies that liberals want?
They can pay lip service to the right to bear arms, but appoint justices who they know will (ironically) shoot down the 2nd Amendment.
They pay lip service to not discriminating by race, by appooint justices that will hand out benefits and burdens by races, gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation. They say that marriage should be between a man and a woman, but appoint justices who they know will foist gay marriage on We The People.
Playing both sides of the fence, given cover by the sycophantic suck-ups in the MSM, and using the judiciary to push an agenda that has zero chance at the ballot box...