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Sonia Sotomayor on gun rights

Troubling is Sotomayor's record on the Second Amendment. This past January, the Second Circuit issued its opinion in Maloney v. Cuomo, which Sotomayor joined, ruling that the Second Amendment does not apply against state and local governments.

Read About It: Reason

Posted: 5/27/2009 9:47:43 AM

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