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The New York Times hit the nail on the head with an editorial today opposing Sam Alito - a man who will be a complete disaster on the Supreme Court:
If Judge Samuel Alito Jr.'s confirmation hearings lacked drama, apart from his wife's bizarrely over-covered crying jag, it is because they confirmed the obvious. Judge Alito is exactly the kind of legal thinker President Bush wants on the Supreme Court. He has a radically broad view of the president's power, and a radically narrow view of Congress's power. He has long argued that the Constitution does not protect abortion rights. He wants to reduce the rights and liberties of ordinary Americans, and has a history of tilting the scales of justice against the little guy.
Judge Alito may be a fine man, but he is not the kind of justice the country needs right now. Senators from both parties should oppose his nomination. (New York Times)
America is largely silent on this nomination, which will fundamentally change our nation and bring us into a legal Dark Age. Alito isn't a normal Conservative, but one who belongs to a "movement" which is largely defined by who it is against - namely women, blacks, gays and middle class families. If Alito is confirmed, America will rue this day for decades.
2 Comments:
Again, I thought Bush was nominating Alito from a point of weakness?
posted by Anonymous, at
1/23/2006 2:27 PM
It still amazes me how some people who come from poor or humble roots will turn around and shit on those same people when they get in with the fat cats. Alito's father was one of my high school English teachers, who was brought to this country by a poor Italian immigrant family. Judge Alito came from a very middle class family and is now in bed with the same people who, if they had their way, would probably have stripped his father and other teachers of whatever meager benefits and perks the teachers' unions were able to get for them. Go figure! Gary (NJ)
posted by Anonymous, at
1/23/2006 2:49 PM
