Alito

Gemini Cricket · 10-31-2005, 06:42 AM

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"Judge Alito has served with distinction on that court for 15 years, and now has more prior judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in more than 70 years," Bush said, drawing an unspoken contrast to his first choice, Harriet Miers.

Filibuster time!

scaeagles · 10-31-2005, 07:41 AM

And what is it that makes him so extreme that a filibuster would be required?

I am personally very excited about this pick. While I don't know a ton about him, he is often referred to as "Scalia-lite" or "ScAlito", but with a more low key temperament than the brilliant (whether you agree with him or not) Scalia.

My guess is that he will perform as well as Roberts in hearings and will make the inquisitors on the judiciary committee, once again, look like the mental midgets that they are.

tracilicious · 10-31-2005, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

And what is it that makes him so extreme that a filibuster would be required?

I am personally very excited about this pick. While I don't know a ton about him, he is often referred to as "Scalia-lite" or "ScAlito", but with a more low key temperament than the brilliant (whether you agree with him or not) Scalia.

My guess is that he will perform as well as Roberts in hearings and will make the inquisitors on the judiciary committee, once again, look like the mental midgets that they are.

This is where we find out that the "sca" in Scaeagles actually stands for Scalito and he will now be moving to DC, to be the first Swanky SC Justice.

scaeagles · 10-31-2005, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by tracilicious

This is where we find out that the "sca" in Scaeagles actually stands for Scalito and he will now be moving to DC, to be the first Swanky SC Justice.

I have my sights set higher - nothing short being the supreme ruler of the world will suffice.

Gemini Cricket · 10-31-2005, 08:01 AM

Alito and Frist use Parks for photo-op

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Wasting no time, the White House arranged for Alito to go to the Capitol after the announcement.The schedule called for Senate Majority Leader Bill First to greet him and accompany the nominee to the Capitol Rotunda to go to the coffin of the late civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.

That's just blatantly shallow. Using a dead civil rights icon to further an agenda. That's just so wrong.

Bush said he doesn't like activist judges. I guess if it's a liberal activist judge then it's wrong, but a conservative activist judge then that's a different story.

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Lawrence Lustberg, a New Jersey criminal defense lawyer who has known Alito since 1981 and tried cases before him on the Third Circuit, describes him as "an activist conservatist judge" who is tough on crime and narrowly construes prisoners' and criminals' rights. "He's very prosecutorial from the bench. He has looked to be creative in his conservatism, which is, I think, as much a Rehnquist as a Scalia trait," Lustberg says.

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Bush just threw out what he said about diversity right out the window. Was that a flip-flop? Replacing O'Connor with Scalia-Lite.

Not only that, but this candidate has his corruption problems, too:

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Three years ago Alito drew conflict-of-interest accusations after he upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit against the Vanguard Group. Alito had hundreds of thousands of dollars invested with the mutual fund company at the time. He denied doing anything improper but recused himself from further involvement in the case.

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Forget about Roe v Wade:

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In 1991, he was the lone dissenter in a 3rd Circuit decision striking down a Pennsylvania law's requirement that women tell their husbands before having an abortion.

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Man, this is totally amazing but not shocking. I hope the Democrats filibuster this nomination. Maybe they won't need to, there's a big paper trail on this one.

Dumps Miers to jump on the conservative bandwagon (so much for staying the course with Harriet) and now catering to the right-wing nutjobs by embracing Alito.

What a circus... complete with a cowboy clown.

Gemini Cricket · 10-31-2005, 08:08 AM

Bush is just trying to change the subject with this nominee. He wants to take away some of the spotlight from his embattled administration by supporting someone that will divide the country again. Pathetic.

Here's what's going to happen. The Democrats are going to go after Alito for his ideological views and the Republicans are going to cry foul for what they're doing. BUT this is exactly what the Republicans did to Harriet Miers.

Gemini Cricket · 10-31-2005, 08:15 AM

More info:

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Alito, 55, is nicknamed "Scalito" because he reminds analysts of ultraconservative Justice Antonin Scalia. He once voted to uphold a law requiring a wife to get her husband's permission to get an abortion.

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Her husband's permission?!

Nephythys · 10-31-2005, 11:18 AM

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Her husband's permission?!

yup- cause heaven forbid a man know his wife is killing his kid.

In the finance world husbands and wives have to sign off on all kinds of things- from beneficiaries down to a distribution from an account- but it's a horror when someone expects a man to be notified that his wife plans to off their kid?

I'm going to enjoy this-I do wonder if Miers was some sort of test- to see if the conservative base was as fired up as they used to be about this issue. Once that had been settled she bowed out- as planned. I wonder-

€uroMeinke · 10-31-2005, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Nephythys

In the finance world husbands and wives have to sign off on all kinds of things- from beneficiaries down to a distribution from an account- but it's a horror when someone expects a man to be notified that his wife plans to off their kid?

Of course, this presumes the "kid" is her husbands...

Nephythys · 10-31-2005, 11:36 AM

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Of course, this presumes the "kid" is her husbands...

well- yes...that is the basic assumption I made.

10-31-2005, 07:41 AM	#2
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	And what is it that makes him so extreme that a filibuster would be required? I am personally very excited about this pick. While I don't know a ton about him, he is often referred to as "Scalia-lite" or "ScAlito", but with a more low key temperament than the brilliant (whether you agree with him or not) Scalia. My guess is that he will perform as well as Roberts in hearings and will make the inquisitors on the judiciary committee, once again, look like the mental midgets that they are.
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10-31-2005, 08:08 AM	#6
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Bush is just trying to change the subject with this nominee. He wants to take away some of the spotlight from his embattled administration by supporting someone that will divide the country again. Pathetic. Here's what's going to happen. The Democrats are going to go after Alito for his ideological views and the Republicans are going to cry foul for what they're doing. BUT this is exactly what the Republicans did to Harriet Miers.
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