Republican candidate in tomorrow's Wisconsin State Supreme Court race has active support of the NRA

[RandySF]

Last edited Mon Feb 19, 2018, 08:31 PM - Edit history (1)

Three candidates are running to be on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court this spring — and one of them received an endorsement this week from the National Rifle Association, just one day before the deadly shooting at a Florida high school.

That candidate’s name is Michael Screnock. He’s decidedly conservative; the two other candidates for the state Supreme Court, Tim Burns and Rebecca Dallet, are considered to be the more liberal/progressive choices for the seat.

The candidates have to make it through two elections. Their first test comes this Tuesday, February 20, in the primary election. The top two vote-getters in that race will compete against one another in the general election, which is slated for April 3.

“It’s important that all pro-Second Amendment voters get to the polls on Feb. 20 and elect Judge Michael Screnock to the state Supreme Court,” Chris W. Cox of the NRA Political Victory Fund said Tuesday, the day before Wednesday’s deadly shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school that left 17 dead.

Screnock labels himself an “originalist.” But the original interpretation of the Second Amendment was that it protected the rights of militias, not individuals. That was the standard up until very recently.


https://www.50statesofblue.com/2018/02/wisconsin-supreme-court-primary-florida-shooting-michael-screnock/#.Woo12uEFxLI.twitter

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...for visibility...nt

[msongs]

2. pro school killing voters will speak loud and clear nt

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5. Pro school killing voters

Damn, must be a proud lot

[Fred Sanders]

3. The second amendment obviously just protects the rights of militias, not individuals.

Heller is wrong and has been wrongly applied by courts since...the NRA pockets are deep.

The NRA left the the "militia" part in an enscription at their HQ! What does that tell you?

Many gun control proposals are strongly approved of by Americans...but is is $$$$ and power over common sense or the will of the people.

I saw this comment at Foxxx in the comment thread regarding an article on Rob Reiner blasting Shitler over gun control. No point reasoning with the propagandists and their enablers:

"The fantasy is that if we banned guns children would be safe. If we banned guns, only criminals would have them. Not very safe. The answer is adding security to schools making it impossible to enter the building to inflict any harm. We protect our money in banks, its time to protect our most valuable asset, our children."

[Raster]

4. originalist... what a fucking joke...

...Anthony Scalia <spits>, notorious, bigoted, piece-o'-shit used to hide behind that label whenever someone questioned his rationale for his rulings.