The Associated Press is doing what it does best in presenting stories that are not representative of the claims they make. In an attempt to smear Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the AP claims that conservative judges disagree with Scalia on his opinion in District of Columbia vs. Heller. They found two, one with sour grapes over not getting nominated by Bush to fill a vacancy in 2005.
The AP claims that these two conservatives accuse Scalia’s ruling as being “activism” and that the court should have taken the same position as Roe v Wade and let the states decide what is best. I do see one big difference. In Roe v Wade the decision is whether or not to allow a woman the right to decide whether to kill her unborn baby and in District of Columbia v Heller, it’s about interpreting the Second Amendment. No conservative judge would consider allowing states to disregard the U.S. Constitution.
Tom Remington
