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Dogman
8th December 2011, 09:49 AM
Anti-gun Judicial Nominee is Back!

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Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com (http://www.ammoland.com/))- With the help of tons of emails from Gun Owners of America members that poured into the Senate earlier this year, a gun-hating Obama judicial nominee (http://www.ammoland.com/2011/07/25/obama-nominates-anti-gun-activist-to-countrys-second-court/) had been kept from coming to the floor for a vote.

But thanks to good old Harry Reid, who likes to pretend he supports gun rights, that nominee is coming up for a vote on Tuesday.
Using his power as Majority Leader, Senator Reid made a procedural move last week to force a vote on Caitlin Halligan, formerly the solicitor general of New York and an avid leader in the effort to destroy firearms manufacturers using frivolous litigation.


Reid scheduled the on Halligan vote for this Tuesday, December 6. Consider it an early Christmas present for his anti-gun pals.


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Halligan’s public hatred for firearms was only matched by her zealotry inside the courtroom.



Gun Owners of America began in February briefing Senate members on the dangers of confirming Halligan to a seat on the D.C. Court of Appeals — sometimes called the second highest court in the land.


As New York’s solicitor general, Halligan was one of the chief lawyers responsible for New York’s baseless and politically motivated efforts to bankrupt gun manufacturers using frivolous litigation. In so doing, Halligan proved that she places liberal political activism above fealty to the law.


Halligan’s public hatred for firearms was only matched by her zealotry inside the courtroom. In a speech on May 5, 2003, Halligan called for “handgun manufacturers [to be held] liable for criminal acts committed with handguns.”
Certainly, no other manufacturer of another item – whether it be cars, baseball bats, or anything else – would be held liable for the criminal misuse of its product. And, as Halligan well knows, the application of that principle to firearms would surely eliminate the manufacture of firearms in America.
After attempts of legal extortion of the firearms industry were repudiated by a bipartisan vote in Congress, Halligan’s office did not let up on attacking gun rights, signing a brief calling for New York courts to declare the federal Gun Makers’ Protection Act unconstitutional.


Finally, Halligan, in written testimony submitted to the Senate in connection with her nomination, attempted to conceal the extent of her anti-gun animus.
Halligan’s failure to provide information that would clarify her statements, thus keeping her testimony from being misleading, constitutes “fraud” against the Senate. As such, the only role she should play in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is the role of a defendant.

But, of course, none of this matter to Harry Reid. He already did his part getting two strident anti-gun Obama judges onto the Supreme Court, and now he’s doing what he can to pack the Appeals Courts with radical leftists as well.
We have to stop this Reid/Obama court-packing scheme. Please act now, as the vote is scheduled for this Tuesday.


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horseshoe3
8th December 2011, 10:52 AM
I'm sorry, this can't be true. Harry Reid has an A rating from the NRA. They even wrote an article praising him. He's one of the best friends gun owners have in congress.

Dogman
8th December 2011, 11:42 AM
I'm sorry, this can't be true. Harry Reid has an A rating from the NRA. They even wrote an article praising him. He's one of the best friends gun owners have in congress.


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December 7, 2011 10:34am 23 Comments (http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/nra-sinks-key-obama-judicial-nominee/242111#disqus_thread)

NRA sinks key Obama judicial nominee (http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/nra-sinks-key-obama-judicial-nominee/242111)
byKen Klukowski (http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/author/ken-klukowski)




One of President Obama’s most important judicial nominations has gone down to defeat, thanks in large part to the National Rifle Association.

Next to the Supreme Court, the most important court in the country is the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The D.C. Circuit is a junior varsity Supreme court, hearing most of the big cases coming out of the nation’s capital, and with Supreme Court-caliber judges.

America has 13 federal appeals courts and 50 state supreme courts from which U.S. Supreme Court justices can be chosen (as well as occasional non-judge nominees, such as Elena Kagan).

Yet of all the judges on those 63 courts, four of the nine justices in the Supreme Court were D.C. Circuit judges. (John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.) It is a stepping-stone to the Supreme Court.

Obama nominated former New York Solicitor General Caitlin Halligan to the D.C. Circuit. She was a top Georgetown Law grad who clerked for the D.C. Circuit and for Justice Stephen Breyer. She has a superlative resume and she’s only 44 years old. She would have topped the short list for the next Supreme Court vacancy if Obama is reelected.

But she also had a record of hostility to gun rights. She passionately tried to take down the NRA’s signature tort-reform legislation in 2005 protecting gun makers from liability when criminals use firearms. And she was outspoken in her opposition to the NRA and the 2nd Amendment.

So for only the second time in its 140-year history, the NRA weighed in against a judicial nominee below the Supreme Court level. In 1979, the NRA opposed Rep. Abner Mikva’s nomination to the D.C. Circuit, who was nonetheless confirmed.

But then Wayne LaPierre became the NRA’s CEO and built it into a political powerhouse. And Charlton Heston became the NRA’s president, increasing its membership to over four million.

This time, the NRA succeeded. And on Tuesday, following a full-court press by the NRA, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada failed to get 60 votes to bring Halligan’s nomination to a final vote.

It's a sobering reminder of the power of the NRA and 2nd Amendment supporters going into a presidential election year.


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