Posted on 06/30/2010 8:07:36 AM PDT by JohnRLott
With those words in mind, alarm bells should have gone off during Elena Kagans confirmation testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Heres what Kagan told Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa):
It has long been thought, starting from the Miller case, that the Second Amendment did not protect such a right. . . . Now the Heller decision has marked a very fundamental moment in the court's jurisprudence with respect to the Second Amendment. And as I suggested to Senator Feinstein there is not question going forward that Heller is the law, that it is entitled to all the precedent that any decision is entitled to and that is true to the McDonald case as well...
There are two big problems with Kagans remarks: she inaccurately describes the 1939 "Miller" case and her claims to follow stare decisis are meaningless. . . .
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My wife has run into this twice. Both times she has answered, I’m not going to answer that question. The nurses both took that as an affirmative on owning guns. My wife quickly corrected them by reminding them that no comment meant just that and nothing more.
Senators: vote to confirm Kagan -- and die (politically)!
Love your answer!
I have been asked that same question by PAs in doctor’s offices. They lost me as a client. Immediately.
It is none of their business.
I would told nurse ratchet in no uncertain terms,
“None of your fu*kin’ business, your Nazi gun grabbing b*tch.” Then I would gotten really nasty.....
I live in Maine, where everyone is well-armed. They wouldn’t dare ask that question around here.
Is that her girlfriend?
She’s lousy on the second amendment. In her mind the KKK and the NRA are the same type of organizations.
On the first amendment, she would ban handbills and political free speech. If she had been around at the founding of our country, she would have done her best to ensure that Thomas Paine’s Common Sense did not get published or distributed...
Just heard a clip this morning -
she was asked if a law that required all Americans to eat at least 3 vegetables a day would violate the extent of the commerce clause,
and she answered “that would be a stupid law”, but then went on to say that the court should not overturn it.
Basically, she admitted that the power of the government should be limitless.
The correct answer is "no," because you should have several. Also it's NOTDB.
I’d prefer a leftist in their 70’s for the court...
It's routine for ten years or so. AFAIK, the answers are prompted by and recorded on a medical chart that is kept "in perpetuity." Doctors make a particular point of asking this question of children.
I answer the question, and tell the doctor that the fact he/she asked it has undermined my trust in them.
Heh .. that's not what they decided, but there's another point. If you are able-bodied, if you can fire a weapon, then you are in the militia! The militia is ALL able bodied, regardless of whether or not they have organized and trained in military arts, or even if they have a firearm. If you are able to shoot, you are in the militia.
Registered for the draft? Militia.
The federal courts are completely corrupt on the second amendment. All one has to do to reach that conclusion is read and understand Presser and Miller, then read any modern case. Absolute and total disconnect.
I hate people who lie about the Miller case and claim that it doesn’t protect the RKBA when in fact it expressly said that civilian ownership military style firearms were expressly protected by the 2A.
I live in Maine, and I've been asked. I'm too close to Portland, maybe ;-)
"A gun at home? No; I have six."
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