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    Sotomayor Ruled That States Do Not Have to Obey Second Amend

    Sotomayor Ruled That States Do Not Have to Obey Second Amendment

    Thursday, May 28, 2009
    By Matt Cover



    President Barack Obama looks on as his Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday May 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )(CNSNews.com) – Supreme

    (CNSNews.com) – Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor ruled in January 2009 that states do not have to obey the Second Amendment’s commandment that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

    In Maloney v. Cuomo, Sotomayor signed an opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that said the Second Amendment does not protect individuals from having their right to keep and bear arms restricted by state governments.

    The opinion said that the Second Amendment only restricted the federal government from infringing on an individual's right to keep and bear arms. As justification for this position, the opinion cited the 1886 Supreme Court case of Presser v. Illinois.

    “It is settled law, however, that the Second Amendment applies only to limitations the federal government seeks to impose on this right,â€
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    So now she is picking and choosing which Amendments apply to the states and which do not?

    She is not a judge she is a Communist Dictator!!
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