Elena Kagan argued on behalf of Citizens United essentially stating it would not be a violation of the First Amendment to have movies or even books banned. Of course, she only meant certain movies/books for specific times, but even so, I believe the point remains... all tyrants find a pretext for their tyranny. That tyranny may even begin with a humble, caring act, but one day we awake to find we have lost all freedom. When it comes to our rights, the freedom of speech is not one I am willing to mess around with. I could never support a Supreme Court nominee like Elena Kagan.
2 She does not believe in The Bill of Rights -- and, in particular, the Second Amendment:
Kagan has spent her professional career implementing anti-gun initiatives as a clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall, as counsel for the Clinton Administration and as President Obama’s Solicitor General. Furthermore, Kagan’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee confirms a hostility to the idea that the 2nd Amendment is an individual right of all Americans incorporated against state action restricting that right. The fact of the matter is that Elena Kagan will vote to uphold every local, state and federal restriction of the right of Americans to 'keep and bear Arms...'
...When Kagan served the Clinton Administration, she showed a strong hostility to gun rights. The L.A. Times reported on may 11th of this year that Kagan “drafted an executive order restricting the importation of certain semiautomatic assault rifles.” Kagan’s political activism in implementing a gun control agenda was a political act, yet this nominee has yet to explain her constitutional justification for that executive order.
1 She believes the federal government has unlimited, tyrannical power over the individual:
On Tuesday evening, Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) posed a hypothetical question to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan: If Congress passed a law that said Americans "have to eat three vegetables and three fruits, every day ... does that violate the Commerce Clause?"
"Sounds like a dumb law," Kagan replied.
"Yeah, I got one that's real similar to it that I think is equally dumb," Coburn shot back, referring to Obamacare's mandate requiring individuals to buy health insurance. "I'm not going to mention which one it is."
Kagan wouldn't say whether or not she believes the Commerce Clause allows the federal government to pass a law requiring Americans to eat fruits and vegetables.
Banning books. Rejecting our God-given right to self-defense. Authorizing the federal government to mandate what you can eat.
If our nation's founders could see how close this woman is to a lifetime role on the Supreme Court, they would weep.
What can you do? For starters, call Lindsey Graham's office (in fact, call all six of his offices) and politely but firmly describe to his staffers the three reasons Kagan must be blocked. Ask for their email addresses and send them a link to this post. Ask for a commitment that Graham do everything in his power to block Kagan. Then call the rest of the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Her complete rejection of the Declaration and Constitution unquestionably disqualify her from a lifetime appointment to the nation's highest court.
"Banning books. Rejecting our God-given right to self-defense. Authorizing the federal government to mandate what you can eat."
ReplyDeleteIOW: THE PERFECT NOMINEE FOR COMMUNISTS, ER UM I MEAN DEMOCRATS
Another liberal twit who knows jack squat about the constitution and no paper trail rising up in the ranks to dictate to us commoners.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, where oh where have I heard of such before this?
Color me surprise, eh?