Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence  DECEMBER 20, 2005 10:24
AM  CONTACT: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Peter Hamm ,
202-898-0792  Brady Center Announces Opposition to Nomination of
Judge Samuel Alito to U.S. Supreme Court; Alito's Judicial
Activism in Machine Gun Case Prompts Brady Center's First-Ever
Opposition to Supreme Court Nominee  WASHINGTON - December 20 -
The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence announced today that it
is opposing the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S.
Supreme Court. This is the first time the Brady Center has
opposed a Supreme Court nomination.  Judge Alito's nomination
poses serious dangers to the safety of our communities, our
families, and our children, as evidenced by his troubling
dissent in U.S. vs. Rybar, 103 F.3d 273 (3rd Cir. 1996). In that
case, Judge Alito argued that the federal machine gun ban
amounted to an unconstitutional exercise of Congressional power
under the Commerce Clause. Alito attempted to erect arbitrary
hurdles to Congressional effor