CBS News: 2nd Amendment Still Unclear, Perhaps Scalia’s Replacement Will Help

CBS News: 2nd Amendment Still Unclear, Perhaps Scalia’s Replacement Will Help

 

by AWR Hawkins 13 Mar 2016

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/13/cbs-news-2nd-amendment-still-unclear-perhaps-scalias-replacement-will-help/

On March 13, CBS News contended that the meaning of the Second Amendment is still unclear and suggested it will be up to Antonin Scalia’s Supreme Court replacement to help decide whether it refers to individual rights or collective rights for persons in the “militia.”

To arrive at such a position CBS News does two things: 1. They admit the Supreme Court’s ruling in District of Columbia v Heller (2008) “affirmed an individual’s right to keep and bear arms.” 2. They cast doubt on whether this decision can be the final by intimating that the real meaning of the Second Amendment is still in doubt among law school professors and members of various think tanks.

For example, CBS News used Michael Waldman’s The Second Amendment: A Biography to segue into a discussion about the kinds of rights protected by the Second Amendment. Waldman is the President of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School, and he says the Second Amendment is “unusual” and “short” and “clogged with commas.” Waldman writes, “The Second Amendment says, ‘A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.’ What does that mean?”

Again–the Supreme Court has been very clear about what it means. The justices were clear in Heller and clear again in McDonald v Chicago (2010). But Scalia was in the majority opinion in both cases and he is now gone.

So CBS News includes a quote from Patrick Henry which focuses on the militia. Henry said, “The militia, sir, is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it.” And they also point to gun laws that existed in certain cities at the time that the constitution was written, as if to suggest that “regulation” of gun rights has always been accepted as normal. And they quote Waldman discussing notes from the Constitution Convention, saying, “There’s literally not a word about it protecting an individual right for gun ownership for self-protection, hunting, or any of the other things we think about now.”

So yes, the Supreme Court has already spoken in Heller and McDonald, but that was then and this is now and the Second Amendment has a lot of commas in it. For these and other reasons, CBS News observes that no one knows “how the court might rule on future Second Amendment issues after the sudden death of Justice Scalia in February.”

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David Rhodes is the president of the CBS News, and was the head of US television for Bloomberg LP.

Note: Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP, a friend of Barbara Walters, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, was a contributor for Americans for Responsible Solutions, and a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone.

Barbara Walters is a friend of Michael R. Bloomberg, a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and was a writer for the CBS News.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.

John J. Mack is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and was a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone.

George Soros was a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and is Daisy M. Soros brother-in-law.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

James S. Crown is the vice chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.  

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)

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http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html

William M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a contributor for the CBS News, and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

Barbara Walters was a writer for the CBS News, is a friend of Michael R. Bloomberg, and a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  

Daisy M. Soros is a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, George Soros’s sister-in-law, and was a director at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Audrey Butvay Gruss is a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and a director at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Richard K. DeScherer is the vice chair for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and the chief legal officer for Bloomberg LP.

Patricia E. Harris was a director ex officio for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a manager, corporate communications for Bloomberg LP, and is a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Michael R. Bloomberg was a director ex officio for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone, a contributor for Americans for Responsible Solutions, is a friend of Barbara Walters, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and the founder of Bloomberg LP.

Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

David Rhodes was the head of US television for Bloomberg LP, and is the president of the CBS News.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

David M. Rubenstein was a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a director at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.

John G. Roberts Jr. is the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution, and the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Daisy M. Soros was a director at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, is George Soros’s sister-in-law, and a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Barbara Walters is a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, a friend of Michael R. Bloomberg, and was a writer for the CBS News.

David Rhodes is the president of the CBS News, and was the head of US television for Bloomberg LP.

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP, a friend of Barbara Walters, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, was a contributor for Americans for Responsible Solutions, a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone, and a director ex officio for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Daisy M. Soros was a director at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, is George Soros’s sister-in-law, and a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.