Democrats and the liberal media are playing psychological mind games with Republicans. They're saying it is useless to try and stop leftist judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the Supreme Court because she is a shoe-in.
Listening to these pundits, you would think that Sotomayor is as guaranteed to be confirmed to the Supreme Court as Albert Pujols is to be on the National League's All Star Team. AP summed it up this way, "strategists in both parties agree that Republicans will have to tread carefully – and won't likely be able to stop her."
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Pressure should also focus on Democrat senators from pro gun rights states. A Sotomayor ruling in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Second Amendment's protection of citizens' gun rights did not apply to state or local regulations. This reveals her belief that the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights doesn't apply to individuals.
Let us purpose a path to victory: Sotomayor can be stopped by the Republicans in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Carmouche continues, "Seven Republicans in the Senate – if they have the guts to take the heat – can stop the Sotomayor confirmation dead in its tracks. Senate Judiciary Committee Rule IV states, 'Debate shall be terminated if the motion to bring the matter to a vote without further debate passes with ten votes in the affirmative, one of which must be cast by the minority.' This means, if seven senators (Sessions, Hatch, Grassley, Kyl, Graham, Cornyn and Coburn) stand together, the Sotomayor confirmation is dead."
Republican senators can stop this confirmation if they have the will. Americans must encourage these senators to do the right thing.
Op-ed here. With Sen. Arlen Specter now batting for the other team, the possibility of blocking the confirmation in the Judiciary Committee is less remote that before. Whether the remaining Republicans on the Committee will make a stand for the Second Amendment remains to be seen.
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