Senate Republicans Pen Letter To SCOTUS: Don't Let Democrats Bully You

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Senate Republicans Pen Letter To SCOTUS: Don't Let Democrats Bully You
Townhall, Aug 21, 2019

Earlier this month, a group of Democratic senators signed an amicus curae brief in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. City of New York, defending New York City's blatant attack on the Second Amendment. For years, those who live in NYC could transport handguns, as long as it was to a few select gun ranges in the area. If you were a gun owner in NYC and wanted to take your firearm outside of city limits to a different gun range, that wasn't allowed.

New York State and City have since changed their statutes and now allow gun owners to transport firearms throughout the city. NYC is now arguing that the Supreme Court does not need to hear the case because it's "moot."

According to the group of Democratic senators, the Supreme Court should turn down the case because it's political in nature. At the end of their letter, the Democratic senators essentially told SCOTUS to dismiss the case or they would move to pack the High Court.

A group of 56 Republican senators, lead by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), sent their own letter to the Supreme Court, urging the justices not to be impacted by Democrats' empty-handed threat.

“The Democrats’ threat to pack the Court if it doesn’t rule the way they want is synonymous in American history with the idea of an unprincipled power grab. Instead of improving their arguments, our colleagues seem determined to undermine our constitutional structure,” McConnell said in a statement. “Senate Republicans reject this dangerous and opportunistic assault on our independent judiciary and will continue to uphold our oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Here's the letter (emphasis mine): [...]


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