{"id":12789,"date":"2016-03-17T13:58:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T17:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12789"},"modified":"2016-03-17T13:58:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T17:58:36","slug":"obamas-scotus-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12789","title":{"rendered":"Obama’s SCOTUS pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Obama<\/a> has nominated D.C. Circuit Court Justice Merrick Garland<\/a> to the Supreme Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He has a record of opposition<\/a> to gun rights:<\/p>\n

“… In one 2000 case, Judge Garland, who sits on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia<\/a>, upheld a Clinton<\/a> administration effort to store gun-buyers\u2019 records. Later in the decade, he joined other judges in a failed bid to reconsider the landmark case that would eventually establish the Second Amendment\u2019s<\/a> protection of a personal right to bear arms … That 2007 case, Parker v. District of Columbia<\/a>, ultimately became the landmark Supreme Court case District of Columbia v. Heller<\/a>. Before it reached the high court, it was heard in Judge Garland\u2019s circuit, and a three-judge panel ruled that the D.C. handgun ban was unconstitutional. Judge Garland wasn\u2019t part of that decision, but he did join three other judges in trying to have the full court get a chance to overturn the ruling …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NRA has come out against the nomination<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The antis have come out in support of him:<\/p>\n

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RT if you agree:
It's quite simple. Hold a hearing for the #SCOTUSnominee<\/a> and #DoYourJob<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/glKJsH3Biw<\/a><\/p>\n

— States United (@ceasefireusa) March 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n