Garland is Not Moderate on the Second Amendment
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Not long after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative lion on the Court, passed away in February of 2016, then-President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to fill the vacancy left by Scalia.
This was a calculated move. Garland is known for having a staid and moderate demeanor. As the U.S. was then in a presidential election year, this political maneuver was designed to make U.S. Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) capitulate and, thereby, give the high court a 5-4 progressive majority.
Now, as this was going to print, President Joe Biden (D) said he would nominate Garland to be U.S. Attorney General. With this announcement, many in the media again began to call Garland a “moderate” choice.
This might be true with his temperament, but when it comes to the Second Amendment, Garland is no moderate.
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