Trumps 9th circuit judge nominee

[LOCKHART]

President Trumps pick for 9th circuit judge is Mark Bennett. Mr. Bennett is very anti-gun. Why would Trump pick an anti-gun azzhole like this guy? The 9th circuit is very anti-second amendment as it is, so why put this dipshits name in the hat? I just read this today in the Firearms news, June issue, #12.

 

[pronstar]

Perhaps as a nod to “bipartisanship” for a circuit court that’s not gonna go conservative anyway...

“Hey look I appointed a liberal judge!”


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[BCGlocker]

I agree. Trump's choice is not acceptable.

 

[Ole Cowboy]

CRUZ SOUNDS ALARM ON TRUMP’S 9TH CIRCUIT NOMINEE
Mark Bennett, President Donald Trump’s second nominee for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, signed several amicus (or “friend of the court”) briefs breaking from conservative legal orthodoxy on the First and Second Amendments during his tenure as Hawaii Attorney General.

His support for the briefs attracted scrutiny from Republican senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, a rare display for a caucus otherwise elated with Trump’s judicial picks.

“I will confess that some of the positions you took as Hawaii Attorney General give me pause,” GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said during the hearing.

The senator’s office would not confirm if Cruz plans to support Bennett’s nomination.

The briefs at issue were filed in several marquee Supreme Court cases, including D.C. v. Heller, a landmark Second Amendment dispute, and Citizens United v. FEC, a controversy concerning federal limits on corporate or non-profit political spending.

In the Heller case, Hawaii and five other states submitted an amicus brief urging the justices not to apply the Second Amendment against state governments. The fundamental question at issue in the case was whether the Constitution secured an individual right to possess firearms in the home for self-defense. If the Court announced such a right — which it later did — Hawaii and its amici feared state gun control laws would be jeopardized.

During Wednesday’s hearing, Bennett emphasized the brief’s primary purpose was confined to the federalism issue. Though the filing rehearses some of the arguments Washington, D.C., made to defend its gun control law, he said its main objective was to convince the Court not to decide on the matter of state applicability.

“The brief specifically said that the amicus states were not defending the particular pistol ban at issue, as a matter of public policy or otherwise,” he told Cruz. He later said he does not believe a government entity can ban the possession of guns.

Two years after Heller, the Court found the Second Amendment operates against the states in a case called McDonald v. Chicago.

Cruz also asked about Hawaii’s amicus brief in Citizens United. Though the brief did not support either party, Cruz feared Bennett’s support for the document betrayed a limited view of the First Amendment’s reach. The question in Citizens United was whether the federal government could impose limits on the campaign expenditures of corporations, labor unions, and non-profit organizations.

As in the Heller brief, Bennett replied that the filing does not primarily address the underlying controversy. Rather it urged the Court not to infringe on state laws which already restricted corporate politicking by requiring corporations to maintain segregated funds for political spending which are not drawn from general revenue.

Trump nominated Bennett for Hawaii’s 9th Circuit seat. He enjoys the support of both Hawaii’s senators, Democratic Sens. Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono.

Hirono said Bennett’s selection was a testament to fruitful cooperation between the White House and senators representing states where judicial vacancies arise.

“I’ve been very critical about the lengths to which this administration is going to pack our federal courts with ideologically driven nominees,” she said during Wednesday’s hearing. “Unlike other circumstances over the last year where the administration failed to consult home state senators during the selection process, I worked with White House Counsel Don McGahn to come to an agreement on our slate of judicial nominees.”

A committee vote is expected in the coming weeks.

http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/12/ted-cruz-trump-ninth-circuit-nominee/

 

[Darkpriest667]

to be fair the 9th circuit is about as whacko as they come. this judge may be the most conservative judge on the circuit. Here's the list, it's a bunch of REAL winners. I didn't see ya'll bitching about Bush's appointees to the circuit, most of whom are NOT conservative.

 

[seeker_two]

If anything, it might guarantee more 2A cases get to SCOTUS.....

....now, if Trump can get SCOTUS to actually HEAR the cases.....

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[LOCKHART]

I think everyone on here knows NOW that Bush II was rino-light.

 

[oldag]

I think everyone on here knows NOW that Bush II was rino-light.

Calling BS on that.

 

[oldag]

This would be the first poor judicial pick Trump has made. Rather strange.

 

[BRD@66]

..... Rather strange.

Yeah, that's our POTUS all right.

 

[TheEnglishman]

Maybe he's just a sacrificial lamb. Trump knows the Senate would never approve him, so when Trump puts forward the name of a more conservative judge and gets criticised by the left, he'll simply say he tried to get a more moderate judge but the Senate didn't want him.

 

[pronstar]

Calling BS on that.

He did give us the Patriot Act...


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[LOCKHART]

Uh, would you rather have had the Hildabeast?

 

[LOCKHART]

Olddag, Bush also stated he would SIGN a new assault weapons ban if Congress put it on his desk, despite all evidence that the previous one had absolutely no effect on crime.

 

[LOCKHART]

And I voted for the guy TWICE and contributed to his campaign the first time around.

 

[rman]

similar to ca gun laws. I always said they need to give up, lose all, and go to scotus.
every little victory is a compromise.

maybe same concept? let it go to shit and rebuild fresh?

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[easy rider]

I'm willing to let this play out, Trump has taught me looks can be deceiving.

 

[LOCKHART]

I'm hoping you're right on this one, easy rider. Trump has fooled em all before.

 

[oldag]

He did give us the Patriot Act...


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Perhaps you should remember the context.

 

[pronstar]

Perhaps you should remember the context.

In the face of increasingly heinous acts against us, is the solution really giving up our rights?

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