As with most of Obama’s actions, his nomination of Merrick B. Garland as the replacement for recently-deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is hardly unpredictable. This article will outline Garland’s background. Obama will “fast-track” this appointment, as if evidenced by Orrin Hatch already “jumping on the bandwagon” and agreeing with Obama’s choice. Right out of the chute, here comes one “RINO” in the rodeo to “rope” in another liberal democrat to follow the herd of Obama-appointees. First Sotomayor, then Kagan, and the third rodeo clown appears to be Garland. Here’s the “punch line” for the clowns:
Garland will be fast-tracked in, and the 2nd Amendment under siege before the election.
So, this man grew up in Chicago, Illinois, attended Harvard, then subsequently Garland went to Harvard Law School for his JD. He served under Judge Henry J. Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Friendly attended Harvard Law School), and then under William J. Brennan, a leading liberal Supreme Court Justice appointed by Eisenhower. Brennan, let it be noted, also received his JD from Harvard Law School, and was a giant liberal who opposed the death penalty and was a staunch supporter of abortion and Roe vs. Wade.
Just to give you an idea of Brennan’s mindset (as he was a mentor to Garland), guess what little gem he helped to set into the crown of our broken American society? He wrote the rulings for Texas v. Johnson, and United States v. Eichman. These rulings enabled the Court to uphold that desecration of the American Flag is protected under the First Amendment.
In 1993, Garland worked for the Department of Justice under another Clinton appointee, Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, Garland’s mentor there who personally asked for him to serve as her principal deputy. Gorelick, let it be noted, also attended Harvard Law School, picking up her JD there. Gorelick later became Vice Chairman for Fannie Mae, and during her tenure from 1997-2003, Fannie Mae underwent a $10 billion accounting scandal.
Garland was later appointed under Clinton in 1995 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He didn’t start until 1997, however, because his initial appointment was turned down, to consider whether or not the court needed him as a judge. Clinton’s reelection in ’96 enabled him to slip through in ’97. Now Obama is fast-tracking Garland into the Supreme Court. Obama, let it be noted, also attended Harvard Law School.
But wait…there’s more. Back when Parker vs. District of Columbia (submitted 2003, the basis for Heller vs. D.C. ruling in 2008) came about, part of D.C.’s restrictive gun law was struck down as unconstitutional under the 2nd Amendment. The mayor at that time for D.C., Adrian Fenty and a squad of his liberal assistants brought a petition in April 2007 to the circuit court of D.C. to hear the case en banc, meaning with all of the justices on the appeals court voting. That petition was struck down and denied on May 8, 2007, at a vote of 6-4. Guess who was one of the dissenting 4 voters? Yep, you guessed it…Judge Merrick Garland!
This guy supports whatever big government wants. With him in the vacant SCOTUS seat, it will just be a matter of time before the 2nd Amendment comes under attack. We have seen what happened when Obamacare was voted in under the color of law with Roberts leading the way. Now it won’t even need a (pseudo)conservative to break the deadlock. Now Roberts can appear to be the “dissenter” …while Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kennedy, and (soon) Garland…vote to negate or cripple the 2nd Amendment.
Jeremiah Johnson is the Nom de plume of a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces (Airborne). Mr. Johnson is also a Gunsmith, a Certified Master Herbalist, a Montana Master Food Preserver, and a graduate of the U.S. Army’s SERE school (Survival Evasion Resistance Escape). He lives in a cabin in the mountains of Western Montana with his wife and three cats. You can follow Jeremiah’s regular writings at SHTFplan.com.
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