Tuesday, June 26, 2012

TIH: D.C. v. Heller (2008): Victory for the Bill o fRights

On this day in 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in D.C. v. Heller.  In a landmark victory for civil rights, the Court invalidated D.C.'s draconian handgun ban and held that the Second Amendment's right of the people to keep and bear arms included people who were not members of an official or unofficial militia.  The left squealed like stuck pigs.  Former Justice Stevens and current Justice Breyer are still squealing.  However, this was a 5-4 decision.  One new justice who is anti-Second Amendment could cause this right to disappear. No Obama appointees were on the Court, but later,  an Obama appointee, J. Sotomayor,  voted against making the right applicable to the states (McDonald v. Chicago, 2010). It's pretty clear where Sotomayor stands on the Second Amendment.  Pres. Obama can be expected to try to appoint Justices who are hostile to the Heller decision.  If you love freedom, keep this in mind when you vote in Nov.  Nothing unmasks left-wing authoritarians quicker than their negative reaction to this decision.

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