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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Won’t Make Gun Control a Litmus Test For Supreme Court Nominees
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bernie-sanders-wont-make-gun-control-a-litmus-test-for-supreme-court-nominees/by Tommy Christopher
The Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia has thrust the issue of Supreme Court nominees squarely into the 2016 presidential primaries, and this week, that issue got a little bit more interesting. In an interview with All In host Chris Hayes, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) pointedly declined to make the individual right to own firearms described in District of Columbia v. Heller into a litmus test for his potential Supreme Court picks. At first blush, it seems like Sanders is just skirting the question, but a closer listen makes clear this is pretty much a no, since after he says he doesnt come up with litmus tests every other day, Sanders does list his one and only litmus test:
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Bernie Sanders Won’t Make Gun Control a Litmus Test For Supreme Court Nominees (Original Post)
MrWendel
Mar 2016
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BainsBane
(53,001 posts)1. Angling for the rural vote
Just like he did in the debate in Michigan when he reverted back to the pro-gun argument on the civil liability law.
DavidDvorkin
(19,405 posts)2. Fuck him
That's one of the most important issues facing the US.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)3. Thank god Bernie won't be doing much
other than getting back to renaming post offices in Vermont.
mwrguy
(3,245 posts)4. Courting the white gun-humper vote
pandr32
(11,447 posts)5. Good Gawd!
What the heck???