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MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 10:56 PM Mar 2016

Bernie 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 doesn’t “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 OP
Um...that's not about gun control it's about the 2nd Amendment. When did Hillary become anti-2A? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #1
Hillary Clinton won't make the Death Penalty one. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #2
"The individual right to own firearms" won't be changed by the Supreme Court anyway. arcane1 Mar 2016 #3
Has Hillary stated she would? eom Purveyor Mar 2016 #4
Good! I support the right of the people to own firearms. imagine2015 Mar 2016 #5
There are dozens of important issues, including gun control. Eric J in MN Mar 2016 #6
Hillary Clinton doesn't think we have an individual right to bear arms? Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #7

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
1. Um...that's not about gun control it's about the 2nd Amendment. When did Hillary become anti-2A?
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 10:59 PM
Mar 2016

Did she say she would only appoint judges who would overturn it?


 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
3. "The individual right to own firearms" won't be changed by the Supreme Court anyway.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 11:02 PM
Mar 2016

This is a non-issue.

 

imagine2015

(2,054 posts)
5. Good! I support the right of the people to own firearms.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 11:07 PM
Mar 2016

For some, I think a minority, the term "gun control" hides a hidden agenda which I think is the confiscation of all guns owned by civilians.

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
6. There are dozens of important issues, including gun control.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 12:09 AM
Mar 2016

A president shouldn't require someone to agree with him on all of them for a Supreme Court nomination.

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