LIVE THREAD - President Trump's United States Supreme Court Pick

Myself | 7/9/2018 | Myself

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

Roberts may vote with us 90% of the time HOWEVER on one of the MOST IMPORTANT votes of our Republic he BETRAYED us AND the Constitution!!!!!

[MNJohnnie]

Kavanaugh is very solid on 2nd Amendment rights. In a time when 2A is under assault like never before I hope it is Kavanaugh

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.)

[apillar]

“The fact that Kavanaugh—like so many conservatives his age—worked for Bush 43 is a nonsensical reason to oppose him for SCOTUS,” she tweeted

Heck, as someone who has been on here for over 18 years, the dirty little secret is most on Freerepublic fully and wholeheartedly supported "W" during those same years, there was some friction on his Medicare Drug Plan and Amnesty, but other than those support was near absolute. I remember a time if you criticized Bush you would nearly be kicked off the site...

[Alberta's Child]

For the sheer entertainment value, Chris Christie would be a great pick. LOL.

[jpsb]

Any one got a link to watching President Trump make his announcement on-line? tia

[MomwithHope]

“He’s dead, Jim.”

[Shortstop7]

Well that’s good. But isn’t he the one who supposedly helped Roberts on the Obamacare crap? Or was that debunked?

[Alberta's Child]

Roberts did no such thing. That ObamaCare case -- which actually was just a challenge to the individual mandate, not ObamaCare in its entirety -- was the weakest angle for a constitutional challenge.

[backwoods-engineer]

By contrast, fully automatic weapons, also known as machine guns, have traditionally been banned and may continue to be banned after Heller.

Whoever wrote that is ignorant. My cousins shoot machine guns in Kentucky all the time, and I have friends here in Alabama that have full-auto stuff. They are registered at the Federal level, sure, and there's a ban on new manufacture, but machine guns are not banned. Except in the slave states like Noo Yawk and Kalifornia.

[apillar]

Kavanaugh is very solid on 2nd Amendment rights. In a time when 2A is under assault like never before I hope it is Kavanaugh.

Which is really important because Kennedy was one that would not go any farther after Heller and joined with the liberals to reject hearing any further gun cases since then. With Kavanaugh we stand a good chance to start knocking down onerous state gun control nationwide...

[VOR78]

Yep. That’s why I think it would be foolish to automatically toss anyone who was appointed by Bush.

[GailA]

From my WH email this morning https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/?utm_source=ods&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1600d

[Reno89519]

I’m at a loss why the Dems, media, and all are so freaked out over this nominee before named. This is only his second, his second. Wait till he gets to likely name replacements for Ginsburg and Breyer, maybe even Thomas. When’s the last time a President got to name five?

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

Without the individual mandate there would NEVER have been OCARE!!!

[CarolinaReaganFan]

Kav just went up to 91%
hardiman at 7%

https://www.predictit.org/Market/3232/Who-will-be-Trump’s-next-Supreme-Court-nominee

[Hugh the Scot]

Back to spouting your usual nonsense I see.

Roberts wrote a tax into law that did not exist.

Weak challenge’s arse.

[Reno89519]

Earlier report had her in DC. Who to believe.

[Drew68]

Is Randy Quaid insane?

Or not...

Justice Will Be Announced Tonight At Nine PM

[jaz.357]

My pick

[Boardwalk]

Think Big and Kick ass!