Independence Institute Research Director Dave Kopel said that Sotomayor's opinions "demonstrate a profound hostility to [[Second Amendment]] rights." Maloney v. Cuomo ruled that the Second Amendment does not apply against state and local governments. Sotomayor and the Second Circuit held, ''"It is settled law that the Second Amendment applies only to limitations the federal government seeks to impose on this right."'' This contrasted with the Ninth Circuit decision on Nordyke v. King which upheld the Second Amendment as a deeply held right embodied in the Constitution that transcends state law. <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/sotomayor_gun_rights/2009/05/27/218441.html Sotomayor Hostile to Gun Rights, Scholar Says] Newsmax, May 27, 2009</ref> | Independence Institute Research Director Dave Kopel said that Sotomayor's opinions "demonstrate a profound hostility to [[Second Amendment]] rights." Maloney v. Cuomo ruled that the Second Amendment does not apply against state and local governments. Sotomayor and the Second Circuit held, ''"It is settled law that the Second Amendment applies only to limitations the federal government seeks to impose on this right."'' This contrasted with the Ninth Circuit decision on Nordyke v. King which upheld the Second Amendment as a deeply held right embodied in the Constitution that transcends state law. <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/sotomayor_gun_rights/2009/05/27/218441.html Sotomayor Hostile to Gun Rights, Scholar Says] Newsmax, May 27, 2009</ref> |