Obama Supreme Court Nominee Has History of Advocating Gun Control

Appointed to the appeals court in 1995 by President Bill Clinton, Garland delayed the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller gun rights decision and supported what critics considered Clinton’s informal gun registration program.

Philip Wegmann, --March 16, 2016

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President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court has some conservatives up in arms over his past opposition to the Second Amendment. If confirmed by the Senate, Garland would fill the seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. And if his past record is any indication, the jurist could tip the ideological balance of the court in favor of gun control. Since 2013, Garland has been chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. More...

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