Posted by
Gamecock on Saturday, March 17, 2007 6:29:23 AM
Rudy, save us the “judges like Alito, et al” line, and endorse the gun rights case.
While you’re at it, Lawyer Giuliani, also tell us your opinion of Roe vs. Wade without mentioning Roberts, Scalia and Thomas.
(Originally posted at Race 4 2008 - see link below)
Today is one of the greatest days in constitutional law history in the affirmation of inalienable rights. One of the greatest judges of all time, Laurence Silberman penned the 2-1 majority opinion for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in overturning gun laws in the District of Columbia that have been characterized as among the most restrictive in the nation.
See Redstate's JohnRicharson's excellent DC Circuit strikes down DC gun ban
(Gamecock will post a legal analysis essay at a later date.)
The laws you happily enforced in NYC as mayor have also been so characterized.
I saw your interview last month on Hannity & Colmes when you left the script and lapsed into a reference to “respect for precedent” when responding to a question about Roe. I haven’t forgotten what less savvy and/or in the tank for you ”journalists” and commentators missed the significance of or buried to protect you.
They can’t protect you from Gamecock defending the conservative Henhouse and the US Constitution.
You are a lawyer, sir. You want to be the man that chooses lawyers to serve as judges that interpret the word “is” and the rest of the words in the U.S. Constitution.
Rather than hiding behind the robes of judges your former boss Reagan and your post-9/11 hero Bush and his dad picked, tell us your opinion of Roe and the monumental gun rights case handed down by the D.C Court of Appeals today.
Please.
We don’t care to hear you play objective TV commentator. You want us to hire you to make decisions. So tell us sir what you think of these cases.You have told us what you think of many other cases that restricted the rights of police. On those cases you didn’t lapse into any deference to the court or Alito worship.
The DC case declares that the 2nd Amendment recognizes a fundamental INDIVIDUAL right to bear arms to protect one’s home, even if its in a big city like New York City. The case makes no distinction of such rights in big cities vs. non-big cities like you have.
What is your opinion of the Silberman opinion?
I have never owned a gun, but I, and the rest of WE THE PEOPLE own this country, and if you want to be hired, please completely answer all questions on the job application.
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
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