BRETT KAVANAUGH July 2018 SCOTUS nomination thread - please use this one
Does it make sense to crest one to collect all of the info and discussion around DT’s impending nomination? TIA.
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Trump said to have reached final decision on Supreme Court nominee
Hardiman and Kavanaugh had emerged as the two late-in-the-game favorites. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...vanaugh-702297 Quote:
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Good idea - let's use this one.
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Live steam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FszugidxkWY
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Wow.. that started on time for once.
$$$ on Kavanaugh :popcorn: |
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"where judges apply the constitution as written"
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Kavanaugh.
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Kavanaugh it is.
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Underwhelmed
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I'm happy with this.
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What is Brett's standing and views on 2A?
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Read his dissent in Heller II |
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http://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary...-supreme-court |
Meh..
But better than a new Sotomayor that Clinton would have picked. Those two appointments alone are worth the election win. |
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*crosses fingers for two more (Ginsberg for age, and Soto for her diabetes issues.*. Maybe one can dream and throw in 3 for Breyer for his age? |
Was honestly expecting Barrett as it would have been a more political decision. Using a female so that the left would look like bad for grilling her too hard.
But Kavanaugh appears to be a good choice. |
Barrett is probably all lined up and ready for when RBG finally "retires".
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This is best case scenario. Constitutional originalist. Strong 2nd amendment supporter. Most importantly, will get confirmed.
“Kavanaugh, who has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since 2006, dissented from a 2011 decision in which a three-judge panel upheld the District of Columbia's ban on so-called assault weapons and its requirement that all guns be registered. Kavanaugh disagreed with the majority's use of "intermediate scrutiny," saying an analysis "based on text, history, and tradition" is more consistent with the Supreme Court's Second Amendment precedents. The D.C. "assault weapon" ban covers a list of specific models as well as guns that meet certain criteria. A semi-automatic rifle that accepts a detachable magazine is illegal, for instance, if it has any of six prohibited features, including an adjustable stock, a pistol grip, or a flash suppressor. "The list appears to be haphazard," Kavanaugh noted. "It bans certain semi-automatic rifles but not others—with no particular explanation or rationale for why some made the list and some did not." In any case, he concluded, the law is inconsistent with the landmark 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller. "In Heller," Kavanaugh noted, "the Supreme Court held that handguns—the vast majority of which today are semi-automatic—are constitutionally protected because they have not traditionally been banned and are in common use by law-abiding citizens. There is no meaningful or persuasive constitutional distinction between semi-automatic handguns and semi-automatic rifles. Semi-automatic rifles, like semi-automatic handguns, have not traditionally been banned and are in common use by law-abiding citizens for self-defense in the home, hunting, and other lawful uses. Moreover, semi-automatic handguns are used in connection with violent crimes far more than semi-automatic rifles are. It follows from Heller's protection of semi-automatic handguns that semi-automatic rifles are also constitutionally protected and that D.C.'s ban on them is unconstitutional." Although Heller suggested that various "longstanding" gun restrictions would pass constitutional muster, Kavanaugh said, D.C.'s gun registration system does not qualify. "Because the vast majority of states have not traditionally required and even now do not require registration of lawfully possessed guns," he wrote, "D.C.'s registration law—which is the strictest in the Nation and mandates registration of all guns—does not satisfy the history- and tradition-based test set forth in Heller."” |
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We win again, well Kavnaugh sits to the right of Kennedy so yes thats considered winning.
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See also Fox News links,
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Barrett would have made for more short-term political fun, but she has limited experience on the bench and thus we have little sense of how she would be on 2A issues. Maybe she favors an approach to gun rights akin to John Paul Stevens: originalist, but concluding that it’s about a collective right and not an individual right. We don’t know.
We have a much better sense with Kavanaugh. He’s already written a dissent stating that an assault weapons ban and registration requirement is unconstitutional. Thus Kavanaugh is the better choice, from a pro-2A perspective. |
I was hoping for Winkler's "2nd Amendment extremist" but perhaps Kavanaugh will be good enough.
Barett got the hint that she's on the short list, and just needs to put her views on paper, so I expect we'll see very conservative opinions from her in the near term, as RBG / Breyer could "retire" very soon. OK, so now we get to confirm this guy. Let's get to it.... Quote:
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“Brett Kavanaugh is a true Second Amendment radical. He believes assault weapon bans are unconstitutional, a position way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia.“
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/st...90627742171137 |
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Brietbarts take:
***Live Updates*** Trump Nominates Brett Kavanaugh to SCOTUS Breitbart. 7/9/18 https://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...d-scotus-pick/ The Left is, predictably, going Full Potato. Noble |
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Are there any AW cases anywhere near ready for SCOTUS? T |
Great 2nd A record
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench...nt-gun-rights/ |
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