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SCOTUS to Hear Chicago Gun Ban Case

By | 09.30.09 | 2:19 pm

Maybe now we’ll finally get to find out where the high court’s newest justice, Sonia Sotomayor, really stands when it comes to whether the Second Amendment guarantees individual citizens a “right to bear arms.”

That was a contentious issue at her confirmation hearings, with Republican gun More…

Republicans Remain Nervous About Sotomayor and Gun Rights

By | 07.15.09 | 11:49 am

Second Amendment rights remain high on the list of issues Republicans are still nervous about when it comes to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. But no matter how they try to over-simplify the still-undecided question of whether the Constitution actually grants individual citizens a fundamental right to bear arms, Sotomayor More…