In FL2 Constitutional Conservative Attorney Mary Thomas

Responds to Merrick Garland Nomination

Judge Garland Has a Record of Seeking to Undermine the
Second Amendment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Contact: Matt Joiner, 850-270-8274
Tallahassee, FL -- Mary Thomas, Constitutional conservative
attorney, and member of the Federalist Society, released the
following statement today in response to President Obama
nominating Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"As Governor Rick Scott's Assistant General Counsel, when I helped
interview judicial applicants, I met many good people, with good
temperaments, yet I recommended that they not get the
appointment. That's because a judge must prove to me that they will
not legislate from the bench and that they will follow the written word
of the U.S. Constitution. In Merrick Garland, President Obama has
nominated a good man, with good temperament, but a man that has
a record of judicial activism. This is especially true when it comes to
the Second Amendment, which Merrick Garland has actively tried to
undermine. This is a nomination to replace Justice Scalia, who stood
for the Constitution regardless of politics. Conservatives and all those
who respect the U.S. Constitution as the unchangeable law of our
land, should not support Mr. Garland's nomination." -- Mary Thomas
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