Boehner: 2nd Amendment Ruling Highlights Importance of Kagan's Supreme Court Nomination

Statement

Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) issued the following statement today following the Supreme Court's ruling that every American has Second Amendments rights under the Constitution:

"The Supreme Court's decision today that every American has Second Amendment rights is a triumph for common sense, our Constitution, and the proper role of the Supreme Court in our Republic. It should remind us that the job of the Supreme Court is enforcing and protecting our rights and the clear meaning of our Constitution -- not inventing new ways to advance liberal public policy goals by legislating from the bench and straining to discern previously undiscovered partisan advantage in the "penumbras' of our laws.

"That is why the hearings in the Senate this week on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan are so crucial. Since she has no record as a judge -- only as an academic and political lawyer -- she must be prepared to honestly and clearly answer detailed questions about her views on the role of the Supreme Court. The American people deserve an advocate for the Constitution on the highest court in the land -- not an advocate for liberal ideology or the Democratic Party."

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