We’ve had the Collection of Most Ridiculous Post-Heller Quotes:
http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=7834
How about a thread with the most excellent quotes?
I’ll begin with two quotes, both from the Wall Street Journal, both on June 27th, and both along the same vein of the importance of the issue of Supreme Court nominations in the upcoming elections:
http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=7834
How about a thread with the most excellent quotes?
I’ll begin with two quotes, both from the Wall Street Journal, both on June 27th, and both along the same vein of the importance of the issue of Supreme Court nominations in the upcoming elections:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121452412614009067.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
So what larger lessons does Heller teach? First, the differing methods of interpretation employed by the majority and the dissent demonstrate why appointments to the Supreme Court are so important. In the future, we should be vetting Supreme Court nominees to see if they understand how Justice Scalia reasoned in Heller and if they are committed to doing the same.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121453315144709663.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks
Heller reveals the High Court at its best, upholding individual liberty as the Founders intended. Yet it is also precarious because the switch of a single Justice would have rendered the Second Amendment a nullity. With the next President likely to appoint as many as three Justices, the right to bear arms has been affirmed but still isn't safe.