{"id":19771,"date":"2019-08-13T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T20:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=19771"},"modified":"2019-08-13T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T20:36:08","slug":"gillibrand-tries-intimidating-scotus-justices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=19771","title":{"rendered":"Gillibrand tries intimidating SCOTUS Justices"},"content":{"rendered":"

CNBC reports, “Kirsten Gillibrand slams the NRA and Federalist Society in Supreme Court filing and warns the court could be restructured<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

“Democratic presidential contenders rolled out new gun control plans in the wake of two mass shootings earlier this month … Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand<\/a>, has diagnosed the problem as part of an \u201cindustrial-strength influence campaign\u201d from conservative advocacy groups on the Republican-appointed justices of the Supreme Court \u2014 and is making the argument to the judges themselves. The New York lawmaker this week signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief in a high-profile Second Amendment case over now-defunct New York City laws and regulations<\/a>, urging the justices to drop the matter … “<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Daily Caller offers more insight, “A Pro-Gun Ruling Will Inflame Court-Packing Push, Democratic Senator Warns Supreme Court<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

“… \u201cThe Supreme Court<\/a> is not well. And the people know it. Perhaps the Court can heal itself before the public demands it be \u2018restructured in order to reduce the influence of politics,’\u201d [Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse<\/a>] wrote, alluding to court-packing measures that have gained traction in progressive circles. \u201cParticularly on the urgent issue of gun control<\/strong>, a nation desperately needs it to heal.\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wonder how the left-leaning Justices will react to this sort of intimidation tactics.<\/p>\n