Tory II wrote:
For example:
"In United States v. Sanchez-Villar, she stated that "the right to possess a gun is clearly not a fundamental right."
http://gunowners.org/a052909.htm
ROFLMAO....Gunowners.com? You couldn't find a more bias source, could you? First, there is no author to this article. What experience does this anonymous person have to interpret these cases? Second, this article uses Fox News as a reference. Fox is well known to be the GOP mouthpiece. Not exactly un-bias, are they? Third, what a scam! While the NRA and the gun manufacturers are promoting gun ownership, they are forgetting to tell you there will be no ammo. LOL Keep spending big bucks for guns, idiots! The gun manufactures are raking it in!
The case you sited? Have a look....
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,
v.
Jose SANCHEZ-VILLAR, Defendant-Appellant.
Background: Defendant was convicted in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York of distribution and
possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and possession of a
firearm by an illegal alien, and he appealed.
Holding: The Court of Appeals held that police officers' discovery of
gun in defendant's possession while they were located in place from
which they plainly could see the gun gave officers probable cause to
believe that a crime of possession of a firearm was being committed
under New York law, creating probable cause for both the seizure of
the weapon and the arrest of defendant. Affirmed.
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/us.vs.sanchez... YOU ARE TRYING TO DEFEND A COCAINE DEALING, GUN TOTING ILLEGAL ALIEN. Also, Sotomayor DID NOT reach this ruling by herself. READ!
Defendant-appellant Jose Sanchez-Villar was convicted, following a
jury trial, in the Southern District of New York (Schwartz, J.) of one
count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute
approximately 1.2 kilograms of cocaine base (â??crackâ??
cocaine), in violation of 21 U.S.C.§§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A),
and of one count of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien
Specifically, he claims that his counsel was ineffective for
failing to challenge the warrantless seizure of the firearm and the
police officers' subsequent warrentless arrest of him. Sanchez-Villar
asserts that the seizure and arrest were improper because, he claims,
the officers had no basis to believe his possession of the firearm was
illicit. Rather, the only grounds for probable cause arose,
Sanchez-Villar contends, after his arrest-when he admitted that he was
an illegal alien."
THIS IS A LIST OF U.S. ATTORNEYS THAT WORKED ON THE CASE...AND A LIST OF JUDGES WHO RULED, OF WHICH SOTOMAYOR WAS ONE.
Jonathan S. Kolodner, Assistant United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York (David N. Kelley, United States Attorney
for the Southern District of New York, on the brief; Daniel A. Braun,
Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New
York), New York, New York, for Appellee, of counsel.
Present: SACK, SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and KAPLAN, District Judge.FN*
FN* The Honorable Lewis A. Kaplan, of the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by
designation.