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Senate Listens to CCRKBA,
Votes 'No' on Obama Court Nominee
December 7, 2011
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(GunReports.com) -- Grassroots power has helped derail President Obama's nomination of anti-gun extremist Caitlin Halligan to the District of Columbia Circuit Court, with keystone opposition from members and supporters of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
"We sent out more than one million e-mail alerts to gun owners across the country, warning them of Halligan's anti-gun philosophy," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, "and it is clear from today's 54-45 Senate vote against cloture, thus rejecting Halligan's nomination, that their voices were heard loud and clear."
The CCRKBA mailing identified Halligan as a "liberal agitator and a fervent gun hater" who "pushed to bankrupt gun manufacturers in New York with frivolous lawsuits."
"After the disastrous appointments of Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court," Gottlieb said, "we could not stand silently while Obama put forth his most radical anti-gun nominee for a lifetime appointment to one of the most influential federal courts in the nation.
"Tuesday's vote," he continued, "is proof that gun owners are wise to Obama's anti-gun strategy. He may not be able to pass legislation, but his legacy could be a federal court system stacked with gun-grabbing judges who will do whatever it takes to erase the landmark Second Amendment victories before the Supreme Court in the Heller and McDonald cases.
"We are delighted and proud that our members and supporters told the Senate that this is where it ends," Gottlieb said. "We are not going to allow President Obama the chance to saddle our country and our Constitution with people like Halligan, who are clearly hostile to the Second Amendment.
"There is no place in the federal judiciary for anyone who so vigorously opposes one of our most cherished civil rights," he concluded. "We're gratified that a majority in the Senate understands this."
Thank goodness she was defeated. I didn't even know about this until the day of the vote - but I suppose that was part of the plan - make the nomination shortly before the vote and hope that she would sneak by. And I also did not miss the 'coincidence' that a 'halligan' is an entry tool used by firemen and SWAT teams to force a door open, nor that she would be in the Federal Court district that includes D.C. where the anti-gunners have recently lost a few cases for trying to prohibit ownership of handguns but the city is still stonewalling on that decision. I think a lot of our government officials think they're being cute and leave clues to their agenda in the choices they make - and this is one example. I mean - an anti-gun 'door forced-entry tool' on the bench in D.C.? Why not a sign on her door that says "Justice perversion available within"? Gimme a break! "SNEAK BY" that seems to be his SOP, he is about as transparent as mud! It is encouraging to see that some pro-Second Amendment activism has resulted in the rejection of one of Obama's cronies. We need to stay on top of all of his attempts to subvert our rights. An Important Note for GunReports.Com Readers: Our goal on this website is to foster a free expression of views while reining in language that crosses the line of civil discourse. Accordingly, the comments areas are intended to expand the knowledge of all users of this site. But site administrators wish to discourage the use of profanity, insults, disrespect, the advocacy of lawlessness, violence or sedition, or attempts to impinge on the rights of others. While GunReports.Com encourages robust discourse that furthers our understanding of all the issues affecting gun owners, comments that break GunReports.Com’s rules will be removed. In addition, we reserve the right to edit or delete individual comments, and in extreme cases, to ban commenters at our discretion. --Tim Cole To post a comment you must be a registered user of gunreports.com and be logged in. Use one of the forms below to login or register for FREE to gunreports.com
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