It’s Official: NRA opposes Sotomayor
From email:
We believe any individual who does not agree that the Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right and who does not respect our God-given right of self-defense should not serve on any court, much less the highest court in the land. Therefore, the National Rifle Association of America opposes the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Update: Presser.
July 16th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
I wouldn’t have included the phrase “God-given”. “Fundamental” would have been more acceptable.
July 16th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
The phrase “God-given” harkens back to the Founding documents, and implies a right that is inherent (or natural, if you prefer that) and not simply man-given, or government-given. What man or government have given, wise Latinas can certainly take away, by declaring them no longer “fundamental”. I like the way they said it, even though it took them too long to get there.
I don’t think we’ve seen the last of this God-given v fundamental debate… it’s my opinion that that will be the battlefield for a major assault on our form of government in the not so distant future.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
About the same, just closer to the Source. Don’t we believe that our rights are God-given, insread of man-given?
Besides, I’d do it just to piss off the libs, anyway.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
This country was founded by old white guys that believed in god. It has been freed and remained free with the sacrifice of young men who believed in god. Every little town in the US has between 3 and four churchs. the church was the first building the pioneers built when they made a town, not the city hall as we are being told.
This country will be freed again by old angry white christian guys when they have had enough.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I think the fact the Sotomayor refused to state her position on abortion, guns, and other top issues of the day causes concerns about her. No matter whether you’re right, left, or moderate, you deserve to know where she stands. To this point, she has not provided any answers. It raises the question – what’s she hiding ??
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July 16th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
So now that the spot light has been on been on Sotomayor for a few days we know that she does not know the difference in definition of Eminent and Imminent, Province and Providence, Store of Knowledge and Story of Knowledge, or Vagaries and Vagrancies.
How are we suppose to support the confirmation of a judge who can so easily confuse these basic terms, at the one time in her life when she needs to craft every word falling from her mouth with the strictest diligence. Now I am not a lawyer, but I also assumed that reading comprehension was a big part of a judge’s job description.
Further, throughout these hearings we have also found that she obviously does not comprehend the meaning of the terms: “Right of the People” and “Shall not be Infringed.” And she seems to have some trouble with the terms Racists, Bigotry and Equality.
So instead of confirming someone that would lead to the scales of justice being balanced, we have a judge who seems intent on unbalancing the scales in favor of her mal-informed ideology.
I actually wrote the NRA and asked them to hold Senator’s NRA grades accountable to their confirmation vote. I hope they do that
July 16th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
The failure to “stop” the foregone conclusion will be the 1st crack in the RKBA dike. After Sotomayor gets past the Senate despite the NRA’s objection, hang on to your hats. The “paper tiger” meme will take off, and we will have to brace for impact of what follows.
July 16th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I am surprised it took this long to be “official”.
July 16th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I would’ve said “the basic human right of self-defense”, and use the phrase “natural rights”; Invoking the God-talk invites a distraction over “which God?”, blah blah blah.
July 16th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Man, did not think the “God” part would actually offend people. If not God, then where do rights come from?
July 17th, 2009 at 1:53 am
(sigh)I accept it that “God-given” will offend some people. And I guess you’d just as soon have those people on your side as arrayed against you. But they’re being really dumb.
You don’t have to be a Christian or a church member to believe in God, and you don’t have to believe in the traditional image of God to believe that our Rights are “endowed” by our Creator, not by the State. There is the difference between a Deist or old-line freethinker and the current crusading Atheist. I don’t hold much hope for that little movement–I think it’s a fad–but I’ll concede that when you’re rallying the troops you ought to avoid inciting dissension. Sad.
July 17th, 2009 at 3:57 am
Sotomayor is a gift. Trust me. She is the best possible Supreme Court nominee we will ever get from Obama. Because she is such a second-rater that she will only earn contempt from the other Justices on the Supreme Court. She will never form a majority and nobody will join her opinions.
July 17th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Which is not to say that every Republican Senator should not vote for her. A 60-40 vote would be one more nail in her judicial coffin.
But they won’t (vote against her). Basically, they’re a bunch of fat white guys, worried about the “Hispanic” vote, which they never got in the first place, who would not know the difference between a Mexican and a Puerto Rican if either stuck their respective flags up their you-know-wheres.
July 20th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Well, it’s not just atheism. Some religions don’t believe in invoking “God” so casually.