NRA scores victory as Obama appeals court nominee withdraws
President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill one of the vacancies on the powerful appeals court in Washington withdrew Friday, two weeks after the Senate blocked her from a getting a confirmation vote.
The National Rifle Association had opposed New York attorney Caitlin Halligan due to her involvement while Solicitor General for the state of New York in a lawsuit against gun manufacturers. The NRA said she had tried to undermine a federal law which prohibited lawsuits against gun manufacturers in cases involving criminal misuse of firearms.
But Doug Kendall of the Constitutional Accountability Center, a group supporting Halligan, said that “these arguments against Ms. Halligan were largely based on her work as a lawyer for a client -- primarily as the solicitor general of the State of New York. It is always very dangerous to attribute to a lawyer positions taken on behalf of a client; all lawyers are required to represent their clients’ interests zealously, and they violate their ethical obligations if they fail to do so.”
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Chalk up another victory for the terrorists
