Politics > Politics-USA > GOA ALERT: Gun owners must ask President Bush for a SOLID constitutionalist!
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28 Oct 2005 12:39:21 PM |
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GOA ALERT: Gun owners must ask President Bush for a SOLID constitutionalist! |
As Harriet Miers Withdraws Her Nomination For The Supreme
Court...
Gun owners must ask President Bush for a SOLID constitutionalist!
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
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Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
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Friday, October 28, 2005
You've no doubt heard the news: Harriet Miers withdrew her
nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court. From the little we have
been
able to glean about her views and record, this is probably a good
thing for us.
So now we're back to square one -- the President will need to
find a
replacement for the retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Once again, we need to raise our voices and remind President Bush
that we do not want someone who is simply a friend of his but is,
rather, a friend of the Constitution.
In months past, news reports have indicated that Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales is currently on the President's "short list."
That's not encouraging. Readers can go to
http://www.gunowners.org/a071105.htm on the GOA webpage to see
our
analysis of Gonzales' anti-gun record.
As we have previously reported, there are several sitting
justices
who would make excellent choices for the new vacancy. For
example,
Justice Janice Rogers Brown is one of the most recently confirmed
judges to the federal courts. Brown was confirmed by the Senate
in
June by a 56-43 vote.
As a Justice on the California Supreme Court, Brown referred to
Roosevelt's New Deal as our "own socialist revolution." In
regard to
taxpayer supported welfare, she said that, "Theft is theft even
when
the government approves of the thievery."
On gun rights, Brown sounds like a modern-day Annie Oakley. She
used
language from an amicus curiae brief that was submitted by Gun
Owners
of California to argue against Los Angeles' ban on gun shows.
And her most extensive Second Amendment scholarship appeared in
the
case involving the California ban on semi-automatic firearms
(Kassler
v. Lockyer). In a decision upholding the California ban on
certain
semi-autos (the so-called "assault weapons"), she faulted the
U.S.
Supreme Court for picking and choosing which rights it liked.
She most definitely came down on the right side, stating that the
individual right to keep and bear arms is a "right expressly
guaranteed by the Bill of Rights."
There are other conservative judges who are currently on the
federal
bench who also have a high regard for the U.S. Constitution.
Judge
Samuel Alito, Jr., in the Third Circuit, has argued that Congress
has
no right to regulate the private possession of machine guns.
There
is Edith Jones in the Fifth Circuit who understands that our
"unalienable rights were given by God to all our fellow
citizens."
And in the Ninth Circuit, Judge Alex Kozinski has chided his
liberal
colleagues for falling prey to the popular delusion that we are
"better off leaving all weapons in the hands of professionals on
the
government payroll." He cites chapter and verse, showing how gun
control has been used to subjugate blacks in the South, as well
as
other minorities all across the world.
"All too many of the other great tragedies of history -- Stalin's
atrocities, the killing fields of Cambodia, the Holocaust, to
name
but a few -- were perpetrated by armed troops against unarmed
populations," Kozinski said. "Many could well have been avoided
or
mitigated, had the perpetrators known their intended victims were
equipped with a rifle and twenty bullets apiece, as the Militia
Act
required here."
[To see Kozinski's entire dissenting opinion against the
California
semi-auto ban, go to http://www.gunowners.org/op0326.htm on the
GOA
website.]
Finally, there's also Justice Sam Cummings in the Fifth District.
He
wrote the superb opinion in the Emerson case, which declared that
Dr.
Timothy Emerson's Second Amendment rights were violated by a 1994
law
which prohibits persons under restraining orders from possessing
firearms. There is no appeal in such proceedings, and they often
amount to little more than a rubberstamp by a local magistrate.
The point should be clear. There are good judges who can fill the
void on the Court. Despite his friendship with Alberto Gonzales,
the
President should be reminded that millions of people did not
flock to
the polls to defeat Al Gore and John Kerry just so he could
appoint
liberal anti-gunners to the high court.
ACTION: Please contact President Bush and urge him to nominate a
constitutionalist to the Supreme Court. And remind him that
American
gun owners do NOT want Alberto Gonzales, or anyone like him, to
sit
on the Court.
You can visit the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send the President the
pre-written message below. You can also contact the President
using
any of the following mediums:
Comment line: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
E-Mail:
--- Pre-written letter ---
Dear President Bush:
With the withdrawal of Harriet Miers' nomination, you are once
again
faced with a tremendous opportunity to appoint a SOLID
constitutional
scholar who truly understands the rule of law and respects the
Bill
of Rights.
I want to urge you, in the strongest of terms, to realize Alberto
Gonzales is NOT that man! As one who respects the Constitution
and
the Bill of Rights (especially the Second Amendment), I hope that
you
will not appoint someone who holds views similar to those of
Gonzales.
You made an excellent choice in putting Justice Janice Rogers
Brown
on the federal bench. She understands the Second Amendment
protects
an individual right, and she realizes that the Supreme Court is
supposed to interpret, not make, the laws.
I hope that you will nominate either her or someone like her to
the
Supreme Court -- such as Judges Samuel Alito, Jr. (in the Third
District), Alex Kozinski (in the Ninth District), or Sam Cummings
(in
the Fifth District). Thank you.
Sincerely,
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| Title: Re: GOA ALERT: Gun owners must ask President Bush for a SOLID constitutionalist! |
28 Oct 2005 12:43:44 PM |
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"GunWoman" <GunWoman@guns-notspam.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96FD76947D63FGunWomangunsnotspamc@216.196.97.142...
As Harriet Miers Withdraws Her Nomination For The Supreme
Court...
Gun owners must ask President Bush for a SOLID constitutionalist!
rofl Bush is the one using federal troops for law enforcement in NO. If
you think he's ever going to do anything that would allow you to actually
take them on you're nuts.
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| User: "The Lone Weasel" |
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| Title: Re: GOA ALERT: Gun owners must ask President Bush for a SOLID constitutionalist! |
28 Oct 2005 12:52:35 PM |
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On 28 Oct 2005, GunWoman <GunWoman@guns-notspam.com> said in
<news:Xns96FD76947D63FGunWomangunsnotspamc@216.196.97.142>:
Gun owners must ask President Bush for a SOLID
constitutionalist!
You wouldn't know one if you saw one.
If Roberts turns out to be a "strict constructionist", you'll be
very unhappy with his legal view of the Second Amendment.
--
Yours truly,
The Lone Weasel
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