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Roger Wicker: “I think it is troubling--particularly for a law professor and somebody who dealt with the issue for decades--when asked…”

On the recordAugust 5, 2010
I think it is troubling--particularly for a law professor and somebody who dealt with the issue for decades--when asked at her hearing whether she personally believes there was a right to self-defense that existed before the Constitution, she said she ``didn't have a view of what are natural independent of the Constitution.'' ... For a Justice of the Supreme Court not to understand that causes me problems, and it causes me to think that she just doesn't have a very well-founded view of the second amendment.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi
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govinfo.gov
Aug 5, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Wicker critiques Solicitor General Kagan's views on natural rights and the Second Amendment during her confirmation hearing.

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