Alito

Alex · 11-02-2005, 11:10 AM

Well, I don't think it was quite that telling.

The 2000 case, if you read his decision does not really take a position on the law it simply says "The Supreme Court just ruled on an essentially identical case so our opinion is irrelevant." This happened to be on the pro-choice side. There was an opinion issued that actually ruled in favor of the pro-choice side for legal reasons and Alito refused to sign that, instead issuing his non-opinion opinion.

The 1995 case was not really a ruling on abortion but rather a victim's rights case (can criminal victims be required to report the fact) that just happened into involve abortion. To say that a rape victim can not be forced to identify the rapist is not a pro-abortion stance.

So he has two more clear-cut abortion decisions and came down on opposite sides.

11-02-2005, 11:10 AM	#16
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, I don't think it was quite that telling. The 2000 case, if you read his decision does not really take a position on the law it simply says "The Supreme Court just ruled on an essentially identical case so our opinion is irrelevant." This happened to be on the pro-choice side. There was an opinion issued that actually ruled in favor of the pro-choice side for legal reasons and Alito refused to sign that, instead issuing his non-opinion opinion. The 1995 case was not really a ruling on abortion but rather a victim's rights case (can criminal victims be required to report the fact) that just happened into involve abortion. To say that a rape victim can not be forced to identify the rapist is not a pro-abortion stance. So he has two more clear-cut abortion decisions and came down on opposite sides.
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