Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050050175

Mr. President. I rise to discuss todays Brady law decision. in which a deeply divided Supreme Court put judicial activism over public safety. At a time when the United States leads the world in gun carnage. surely the Federal Government is entitled to enlist the aid of States to keep guns out of the hands of felons. illegal immigrants. and the criminally insane. Asking local police to conduct background checksand nothing morehardly amounts to a Federal power grab. as the majority has claimed. Instead. the majoritys opinion should make us fear what the Supreme Court could do next. Will the Court prohibit Congress from requiring States to report missing children?
Keywords matched
illegal immigrants

Classification

Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
HERBERT KOHL
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
1997-06-27
Speech ID
1050050175
Paragraph
#0
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