Sotomayor says she won’t say how she’d rule on right to bear arms without hearing a case
By APThursday, July 16, 2009
Sotomayor defies Coburn on gun rights argument
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor bluntly told a Republican senator there was no way she would say in the setting of a congressional hearing just how she’d rule on an important constitutional question.
Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma pressed Sotomayor for the second day in a row to say under what circumstances she might accept — or rule — that there is a “fundamental” right to bear arms, as opposed to an “individual,” or less pervasive, right.
As she had earlier, Sotomayor declined to answer the question directly. Instead, she asked Coburn if he would want a justice to agree with him without hearing arguments or listening to the parties to a case. Sotomayor said, “I don’t know that that’s a justice that I can be.”
Tags: Political Issues, Sotomayor, Washington
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July 17, 2009: 2:51 pm
Supreme Court Nomination: The process is a joke. The point of the process is for political grandstanding. No experienced nominee will divulge any of their ideas which would lead to their rejection for the confirmation to the seat. The senators should apply the same standards as they expect in the nominee to their principles. For all intents, the senators are hypocrites and liars. They take money from interest groups and funds and then vote on their issues.. Legalized kickbacks under a different name: political contributions. Thus, they need to get their act in order first before they sit in judgment of someone else. Let he who never sinned cast the first stone? |
doug unshuldig