Media Matters Daily Summary

Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. Purporting to correct misconceptions, Luntz misrepresents AZ immigration law On Fox & Friends, Frank Luntz falsely suggested that under Arizona's new immigration law, police can only ask about the immigration status of someone "if they believe that they're in the process of committing a crime." In fact, the law directs police to check the immigration status of those stopped for non-crimes including violations of city and county ordinances and civil traffic violations if the officer suspects those individuals are undocumented. Read More Fox falsely suggests NYC will receive less money this year for transit and port security Fox & Friends repeatedly criticized the Obama administration for what they characterized as "slashing" New York City's transit and port security funding, calling it "shocking" and the "moral equivalent of Katrina." However, New York City is reportedly set to receive $47 million more for transit and port security than last year as a result of stimulus funds, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Read More Scalia agrees with Kagan that Second Amendment rights are "not unlimited" Matt Drudge highlighted a post by the website KaganWatch.com that stated that Elena Kagan wrote "the Second Amendment ... enjoys 'strong, but not unlimited protection' " -- apparently to suggest that Kagan was hostile to gun rights. In fact, in a decision written by Justice Antonin Scalia striking down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban, the Supreme Court said that gun rights "are not unlimited." Read More Byron York forwards GOP's "politically motivated," "highly speculative" decade-old smear against Kagan Byron York promoted claims made against Elena Kagan in a 1999 report issued by a House Resources Committee task force composed of two discredited Republican members. However, the task force was criticized by Democrats for "failing to meet even minimum standards of objectivity," and even Ed Whelan has said the allegations are "highly speculative." Read More Drudge "not sympathetic" to the facts on Kagan's gun-rights record Matt Drudge posted a headline stating that Elena Kagan is " 'Not Sympathetic' to Gun Rights Argument," referencing comments Kagan reportedly made in a 1987 memo about an appeal to the Supreme Court. In fact, the view that the Second Amendment does not protect civilian gun rights was generally accepted at the time Kagan wrote those words. Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.

Scalia agrees with Kagan that Second Amendment rights are "not unlimited" http://mediamatters.org/research/201005130031 Matt Drudge highlighted a post by the website KaganWatch.com that stated that Elena Kagan wrote "the Second Amendment ... enjoys 'strong, but not unlimited protection' " -- apparently to suggest that Kagan was hostile to gun rights. In fact, in a decision written by Justice Antonin Scalia striking down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban, the Supreme Court said that gun rights "are not unlimited." From a post on KaganWatch.com, headlined "Kagan on Second Amendment: Like Freedom of Speech Enjoys 'Strong But Not Unlimited Protection,' " that Matt Drudge has highlighted: While in the Clinton White House, Kagan took on gun (and tobacco) industries. During her confirmation as solicitor general, Kagan said the Second Amendment, like freedom of speech, enjoys "strong but not unlimited protection." In a questioner from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) about gun rights during her confirmation to be Solicitor General, Kagan had this to say: "Once again, there is no question, after Heller, that the Second Amendment guarantees individuals the right to keep and bear arms and that this right, like others in the Constitution, provides strong although not unlimited protection against governmental regulation." Supreme Court's conservative majority has itself said Second Amendment rights "are not unlimited" The Supreme Court case striking down the DC handgun ban said that "the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited." The majority opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, which was written by Scalia and joined by the Supreme Court's most conservative members, stated: Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited. From Blackstone through the 19th-century cases, commentators and courts routinely explained that the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose. [...] Nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms. Supreme Court has upheld gun restrictions. In his majority opinion, Scalia listed gun restrictions that the courts have long upheld as constitutional, including "prohibitions on carrying concealed weapons," prohibitions on "the carrying of 'dangerous and unusual weapons' " such as an M-16 rifle, and "longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms." Contact: Matt Drudge drudge@drudgereport.com You can help support our work: donate to Media Matters for America.

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Media Matters Daily Summary

Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. Fox pushes bogus claim that Kagan is avoiding "traditional interviews" with the press Fox & Friends criticized the White House for releasing an online video featuring Elena Kagan "in her own words," claiming that the interview should have been conducted "with a journalist" and that the White House is using the Internet "to avoid traditional interviews." In doing so, Fox completely obscured the fact that it is reportedly "standard practice" for a Supreme Court nominee to deny interviews to journalists before the confirmation hearings. Read More Dick Morris' analysis of airline industry never gets off the runway Dick Morris stated that "one of the reasons discount airlines are doing well and the big ones are losing money is because of those union contracts." In fact, largely unionized Southwest Airlines carried the most passengers last year of any U.S. airline and turned a profit for its 37th consecutive year.  Read More Conservative media attack Kagan's New York background Conservative media figures have attacked Elena Kagan for having grown up in New York City, arguing that her New York origins indicate she "has no clue how real Americans live." Read More Fox's La Jeunesse fabricates Phoenix police "sanctuary city" policy Fox News' William La Jeunesse falsely claimed that Phoenix police "were literally banned from asking a suspect his immigration status" before Arizona passed the new immigration law. In fact, the policy of the Phoenix police department prior to passage of that law was that "[a]ll arrested persons will be questioned as to their immigration status." Read More Right seizes on false claim that Kagan's thesis shows she's a socialist Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck have falsely suggested Elena Kagan's college thesis shows she is a socialist or radical. In fact, Kagan's thesis did not express support for socialism or radicalism, and regardless, conservatives -- including Hannity -- previously said that nominees' political views are irrelevant to the confirmation process. Read More Fox falsely suggests Kagan wants government to "disappear" certain speech Fox Nation falsely suggested that Solicitor General and Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan argued that speech promoting "racial or gender inequality" could be "disappeared" by the government. In fact, in the article Fox Nation cited, Kagan actually stated that "the uncoerced disappearance of such speech would be cause for great elation"; she did not advocate for a government ban on all such speech. Read More Right-wing media baselessly claim CBO estimate erases health care deficit reduction Right-wing media have claimed that health care reform will "cost $115 billion more than we thought," thus "wip[ing] out" promised deficit reductions. In fact, that money would only be spent if Congress separately appropriates it, just as Congress would have to do for any other spending bill. And even then, that spending would only adversely impact the deficit if Congress decided not to offset it with corresponding spending cuts or revenue increases. Read More Legal experts contradict Limbaugh's claim that Kagan "doesn't like" First Amendment Conservatives -- including Rush Limbaugh -- have falsely claimed that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan opposes free speech. In fact, legal experts such as libertarian First Amendment scholar Eugene Volokh have stated that Kagan's views on free speech are within the mainstream. Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.