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Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2016/Supreme Court

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Gary Johnson announced his presidential run on January 6, 2016.[1]


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Justice Antonin Scalia died suddenly on February 13, 2016, after nearly 30 years on the U.S. Supreme Court. Article II, section 2 of the Constitution grants the president the power to appoint justices to the Supreme Court, subject to confirmation in the Senate. On March 16, 2016, President Obama nominated Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Senate Republicans pledged to block Garland’s nomination in order to allow the next president to fill the Supreme Court vacancy.

See below what Gary Johnson and the 2016 Libertarian Party Platform said about the Supreme Court.

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  • Johnson advocates for stronger protection of the right to privacy. He criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders that found that county jail search procedures for detainees arrested for minor offences that did not involve weapons or drugs struck a reasonable balance between inmate privacy and the needs of the institution.

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    • In an April 2012 op-ed in The Huffington Post criticizing the Supreme Court decision in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, Johnson advocated for stronger protection of the right to privacy. He wrote, "There are a lot of us in America who still would like to believe that woven through the Constitution and the Bill of Rights is a fundamental right to individual privacy. And I don't recall that we agreed to forfeit that right just because technology has outgrown the law or because the police need 'substantial discretion' to make us take our clothes off. Expecting the government to willingly constrain itself when it comes to violating our privacy is not just foolhardy; it defies everything we know about the very nature of government. Until privacy is restored as a fundamental American value and right that government is required to protect, rather than destroy, this erosion of our freedom -- and dignity -- will continue."[2]

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    1. ↑ Reason.com, "Gary Johnson To Announce He's Running for President Today," January 6, 2016
    2. ↑ The Huffington Post, "Privacy: Ditch the Cell Phone or Prepare to Disrobe," April 5, 2012
    3. ↑ Libertarian Party, "The 2016 Libertarian Party Platform," accessed August 23, 2016
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