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Graham hits retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens for calling to repeal Second Amendment
The Hill ^ | March 27, 2018 | Avery Anapol

Posted on 03/27/2018 1:40:39 PM PDT by jazusamo

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday slammed retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens for calling for a repeal of the Second Amendment.

In an op-ed for The New York Times, Stevens recommended repealing the amendment as a first step to enacting gun control, prompting Graham to say he is “glad” the justice is retired.

“I will PROTECT the Second Amendment … not REPEAL it,” Graham tweeted. “Like every American, Justice Stevens is entitled to his opinion, but I am very glad he is now retired.”

The GOP lawmaker added that he has “zero intention of following” Stevens’s suggestion, and criticized “out-of-touch” liberals for attacking the Second Amendment.

“Statements like this epitomize out-of-touch liberals who do not appreciate the important role the Second Amendment has played – and continues to play – in our nation,” Graham added.

Graham added in a statement that Stevens's comments should serve as a reminder to conservatives “just how important Supreme Court nominations can be.”

“It makes me appreciate President Trump’s nomination and the Senate’s confirmation of Justice Gorsuch even more,” he said.

Stevens, a Republican, argued in his op-ed that the right to bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment is outdated and misunderstood.

He encouraged pro-gun control activists, like the organizers of the March for Our Lives rally in Washington over the weekend, to “seek more effective and more lasting reform” through a repeal of the Second Amendment.

"That simple but dramatic action would move Saturday’s marchers closer to their objective than any other possible reform,” Stevens wrote.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; banglist; graham; stevens
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To: faithhopecharity

Before I got to the last of your post being away from McCain came to mind.

McCain isn’t coming back in my view, maybe there’s a tiny bit of hope for Graham.


41 posted on 03/27/2018 2:42:08 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Brian Griffin

You got that right!

https://youtu.be/HTOOw7u_lsI


42 posted on 03/27/2018 2:42:23 PM PDT by Taxman (e)
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To: jazusamo

i certainly hope there’s hope for Graham!

as a “team” Lindsay and McShame were just awful, imho.

maybe, and this is quite a stretch, but maybe Lindsay will discover or re-discover some good sense and...maybe help us get rid of Obamacare, help us further reduce taxes and wasteful spending, and help us with getting some control on the mass-scale invasion of America (border, tourists staying forever, big “American” corporations importing communist Chinese workers on a mass scale, etc.)

Lindsay could do us all a lot of good, if only he will ...


43 posted on 03/27/2018 2:46:01 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: tomkat

Maybe some rubbed off.


44 posted on 03/27/2018 2:46:48 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: jazusamo
Stevens, a Republican, argued in his op-ed that the right to bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment is outdated and misunderstood.

1 - Stevens thinks as much like a Republican as does Nutty Nancy Pelosi.

2 - The Second Amendment is as important today as is the rest of the Bill of Rights.

3 - The Second Amendment is perfectly understood, but some people don't like it; the same people who aren't fans of the First Amendment.

45 posted on 03/27/2018 2:47:43 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: jazusamo

Ok. Who stole the real Linda Graham?


46 posted on 03/27/2018 2:50:48 PM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: jazusamo

Wow, did Graham find his lost box of cheerios? Perhaps he has been eating his spinach? More likely it is because he doesn’t have his partner, Juan McCain around telling him how to think. Whatever it is he is gaining points on the scorecard I keep. Let’s just say he has a long way to go though.


47 posted on 03/27/2018 2:53:47 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Michael.SF.

“Left cross? Upper cut? Did he deck him or just a light hit?”

Limp wristed pretend slap.


48 posted on 03/27/2018 3:25:53 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: jazusamo

The Second Amendment is part of the original Bill of Rights. It is as firm as the Constitution. To propose repeal of a part of the Bill of Rights causes me to question the patriotism of the person doing it. John Paul Stevens spent a good portion of his life making decisions based on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Now he is turning his back on it? I think he is too old to be making decisions about the law any more. His mind is gone.


49 posted on 03/27/2018 3:26:00 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent (.)
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

Bump!


50 posted on 03/27/2018 3:32:31 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: TexasGator

We are talking about the Bill of Rights, not the original constitution.


51 posted on 03/27/2018 3:35:03 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: jazusamo

Posture move for Graham. He knows there is no chance the 2nd gets repealed so he says this to appeal to the conservatives back home. He always pulls just enough of this crap to to survive a primary.


52 posted on 03/27/2018 3:38:52 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: jazusamo

Lindsey Graham???

No, really: where’s the real Lindsey Graham?


53 posted on 03/27/2018 3:40:21 PM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
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To: crz

Graham is a disgusting POS RINO. He is right on this occasion, but it must be to protect his next election.

Once elected he will continue to side with the left.

Get rid of him South Carolina.


54 posted on 03/27/2018 4:27:26 PM PDT by Freedom_2_ADM
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To: jazusamo
"That simple but dramatic action...one can only hope that Stevens is deep into dementia and senility at this point, and that his level of reasoning is not representative of what went into his decision-making while on the Court - any SC Justice who really believes that dropping an amendment to the Constitution is a "simple" matter betrays their genuine contempt and disrespect for that blueprint of our Republic.....
55 posted on 03/27/2018 4:28:03 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Freedom_2_ADM

Right. Dont trust anyone who does not hesitate to stab others in their backs.


56 posted on 03/27/2018 4:50:33 PM PDT by crz
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To: jazusamo

Like it or not, Linda has been with us on judges.


57 posted on 03/27/2018 4:52:48 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's...I just don't tell anyone)
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To: jazusamo

When even LINDSEY GRAHAM is criticizing you, you know you’ve hit rock bottom!


58 posted on 03/27/2018 4:53:30 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: jazusamo

We can’t forget one of the greatest aspects of the Trump win was the Supreme Court. A few of the fossils need to go to pasture.


59 posted on 03/27/2018 5:36:01 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: jazusamo

Stevens was a fake “Republican” even 50 years ago, and has long been a thoroughly left-wing person. I know one of his acolytes who clerked for him enthusiastically (she married a college friend), and she is well to the left of Bernie Sanders.


60 posted on 03/27/2018 5:38:24 PM PDT by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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