{"id":5138,"date":"2011-12-03T11:54:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T16:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5138"},"modified":"2011-12-03T11:54:37","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T16:54:37","slug":"guns-and-the-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=5138","title":{"rendered":"Guns and the courts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next President will likely get to nominate a couple of candidates to the Supreme Court<\/a>. \u00a0Obama’s<\/a> nominations were stinkers which is why he needs to be defeated in next year’s elections. \u00a0While I do not believe he has an antigun litmus test for nominations, this Reuters story<\/a> underscores the undesirable sort of judicial candidates he chooses:<\/p>\n

“Senate<\/a> majority leader Harry Reid<\/a> has scheduled a cloture vote next week on the nomination of Caitlin Halligan<\/a> to the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a>, setting up a likely showdown on the controversial nominee … Halligan, who is currently general counsel for the New York District Attorney’s<\/a> office, was nominated by Obama in September 2010 … Halligan has been supported by liberal-leaning groups such as the National Women’s Law Center<\/a>, which is advocating for more women on the bench, and opposed by conservative-leaning groups such as the National Rifle Association<\/a>, which cited her representation of New York State in litigation against gun manufacturers<\/strong> … The Republican National Lawyers Association<\/a> has also come out against her nomination, claiming that she made inconsistent statements about her judicial philosophy. \u00a0In Senate testimony, the association says, Halligan wasn’t candid about her views on the Constitution<\/a> as a “living document.” …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n