> Monday, July 13, 2009
>
> Today, the U.S. Senate commences hearings on Justice Sonia Sotomayor,
> who was nominated by President Obama to replace the retiring Judge
> David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court.
>
> In many ways, Sotomayor's views are out-of-step with our American
> heritage and with the views of Americans in general. For example,
> Sotomayor believes that our fundamental law is constantly evolving and
> that rights are constantly changing with the times.
>
> But should we be surprised? The President who nominated her holds some
> of the most radical views ever held by a resident of the White House.
> His take on the Constitution -- and the Second Amendment in particular
> -- has stationed him to the far left on the political spectrum.
>
> Consider just a small snapshot of his record over the years:
>
> * As President, Obama has nationalized much of the car and banking
> industry and is now looking to do the same with health care. Even the
> Marxist President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, joked on live television
> last month that he and Fidel Castro need to be careful or else "we
> are going to end up to [Obama's] right."
>
> * As a U.S. Senator, Obama was ranked by the National Journal in 2007
> as the most liberal legislator in that chamber. Realize that such a
> ranking put Obama to the left of 99 other Senators -- including an
> open, self-avowed socialist, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
>
> * Like many socialists, Obama has supported some of the most extreme
> positions on gun control: supporting a ban on handguns, opposing the
> repeal of the draconian DC gun ban, opposing the right of self-defense
> for residents in the Chicago suburbs, and much more.
>
> Obama's brand of far-left politics sees the Constitution as moldable as
> a ball of wax. In a 2001 interview, he criticized earlier Supreme
> Courts for "never ventur[ing] into the issues of redistribution of
> wealth.... It didn't break free from the essential constraints that
> were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution."
>
> Sotomayor appears to have the same view of our highest document, as she
> stated in 1996 that law is not "static and predictable," but
> "constantly overhaul[ed] and adapt[ed] [by lawyers and courts] to
> the realities of ever-changing social, industrial and political
> conditions."
>
> ACTION: Please urge your two Senators to vote AGAINST the Sotomayor
> nomination. Tell them to cast a pro-gun vote on EVERY vote related to
> Judge Sonia Sotomayor (whether it's a vote on sustaining a filibuster
> or a vote on final passage).
>
> Please use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at
>
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your legislators the
> pre-written e-mail message below.
>
> ----- Pre-written letter -----
>
> Dear Senator:
>
> Judge Sonia Sotomayor's views are out-of-step with our American
> heritage and with the views of Americans in general. Not surprisingly,
> the Rasmussen polling firm reported on July 1 that more Americans
> oppose her nomination than support her.
>
> Sotomayor believes that our fundamental law is constantly evolving and
> that rights are constantly changing with the times. But a majority of
> Americans disagree. Multiple polls have found that almost
> three-fourths of all Americans believe that the Second Amendment of the
> U.S. Constitution protects the rights of "individuals" to own
> guns. Not so for Judge Sotomayor:
>
> * She ruled in United States v. Sanchez-Villar (2004) that "the
> right to possess a gun is clearly not a fundamental right."
>
> * And earlier this year, Sotomayor was part of a three-judge panel
> which ruled in Maloney v. Cuomo that the Second Amendment does not
> apply to the states. This makes her more liberal than the Ninth
> Circuit, which stated in the Nordyke case in April that the Second
> Amendment does apply to the states.
>
> Please cast a pro-gun vote on EVERY vote related to Judge Sonia
> Sotomayor (whether it's a vote on sustaining a filibuster or a vote on
> final passage).
>
> I would like to hear back from you on this. Although rest assured, Gun
> Owners of America will keep me up to date on any further developments.
>
> Sincerely,
> ---
> DON'T KID YOURSELF~ YOUR SENATORS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOLD HOW THEY WILL VOTE.
>