Cotton: Pryor Rubber-Stamps Another Liberal Obama Judicial Nominee

Pryor Rubber-Stamps Another Liberal Obama Judicial Nominee Pryor votes for controversial activist nominee that sought to bar military recruiters from college campuses  Little Rock, Arkansas — U.S. Senate candidate Tom Cotton criticized Senator Mark Pryor for his vote to rubber-stamp another of President Obama's radical judicial nominees on Thursday. Pryor voted to confirm David Barron to the U.S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit. Barron has a long history of advocating a philosophy of judicial activism, which Rep. Cotton first witnessed as one of Mr. Barron's students fifteen years ago. Cotton said: "Arkansans's senator should confirm judges who will uphold the law, not make law, and Senator Pryor's rubber-stamp of yet another Obama nominee, David Barron, doesn't reflect Arkansas values. Mr. Barron was one of my teachers in law school; he is a good man and was a conscientious teacher.  But he also believes in unrestrained judicial activism, disrespects private property rights, and would impose his values on cases, as when he tried to block military recruiters from college campuses. Senator Pryor's vote to confirm David Barron shows how out-of-touch he is with Arkansas values."  David Barron sought to bar military recruiters from college campuses for political reasons. He was a party in the United States Supreme Court's Solomon Amendment case (Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights), and urged the justices to participate in judicial activism by changing the clear meaning of the Solomon amendment. Fortunately, the Supreme Court rejected Barron's argument in a unanimous 8-0 decision.  In addition to Barron's anti-military views, he has also been an opponent of private property rights. Barron wrongly defended the unconstitutional rationale of the infamous Kelo v. New London case. Background: Pryor Voted To Confirm David Barron To The U.S. Circuit Court For The First Circuit. (David Jeremiah Barron, of Massachusetts, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, 53-45-2, 5/22/14)

About Tom Cotton Tom Cotton is the Congressman for the Fourth District of Arkansas. Tom is a combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, an Army Ranger, and a Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman Badge recipient. Tom is a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law School and has worked as a business consultant at McKinsey & Co. A sixth-generation Arkansan, Tom lives in Dardanelle, where he grew up on his family's farm. For more information about Tom’s campaign, visit tomcotton.com.