Republicans Shoot Down Sotomayor’s Second Amendment Interpretation

By Courtney Ann Jackson-Talk Radio News Service

Republican Senators are objecting to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's interpretation of the Second Amendment.

“In her decision making process in cases that she decided, Judge Sotomayor, earlier this year, rendered an opinion that held that the Second Amendment is not a fundamental right,” said Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), referencing a ruling Sotomayor issued as a 2nd Circuit judge for the city of New York last year. The Supreme Court nominee determined that the Second Amendment did not apply to city and states, but only the federal government.

Sen. Jim DeMint argued during a press conference with fellow Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) Wednesday that if the Second Amendment does not apply to every American, then the Constitution no longer has any bearing on controlling the role of the federal government.

“It’s a very important question that goes... beyond the question of bearing arms but whether or not we are still a Constitutional Republic.”

The Senators reiterated their belief that the right for the people to keep and bear arms applies to all Americans and stated that they plan to ask Sotomayor questions about her interpretation of the Second Amendment during her confirmation hearings in July.

"We have to remain competing!"

Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX), Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) held a press conference today talking about the importance of funding the America Competes Act.

Since U.S. students place near the bottom in Physics and Mathematics, Senator Hutchinson talked about the importance of educating and encouraging the children for the future.

The America Competes Act will provide qualified teachers in secondary schools, and advanced placement courses, where students get the top education.
Funding for this legislation is very crucial, since the competitors, such as China, is moving forward quickly said all the senators.

Senator Hatch emphasized that it is time to pass this legislation to skip the yearly budgeting for the scientists.

Senator Cornyn touched upon all the foreign students who study in the United States and are not qualified to work here after their graduation. Sending the American-educated foreign students back to the competitors’ arms benefits the competitors, said the senator. He also mentioned that these students will not be stealing the Americans’ jobs; they are qualified to create new jobs.