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On this page I repeatedly urged the Democrats to filibuster Samuel Alito. I did so because Alito is not a normal conservative, but a "movement conservative" with a very specific right wing agenda. He owes his rise to religious fanatics and now it appears the newest Supreme Court justice will pay back his holly-roller friends.
Justice Samuel Alito has sent a note (on Supreme Court letterhead) to James Dobson, founder of ultra right wing group Focus on the Family, where he basically kisses the fundamentalist's ring. In a peacock strutting victory lap, Dobson read the letter during his Wednesday broadcast from Colorado Springs.
"As I said when I spoke at my formal investiture at the White House last week," wrote Alito, "the prayers of so many people from around the country were a palpable and powerful force. As long as I serve on the Supreme Court I will keep in mind the trust that has been placed in me.
"I hope that we'll have the opportunity to meet personally at some point in the future. In the meantime my entire family and I hope that you and the Focus on the Family staff know how much we appreciate all that you have done."
Well, there you go. The right wing has a shill on the Supreme Court. He is thanking his friends, and we are not among them. It is highly disturbing how Alito, Thomas and Scalia have politicized the court. They only serve their right wing masters, not the Constitution or the American people. It was a gargantuan mistake not to filibuster Alito.
3 Comments:
Why didn't they filibuster him?
posted by Anonymous, at
3/02/2006 2:03 PM
These are strange bedfellows, as the dobsonesque evangelicals think catholics (alito) are a bunch of Mary/idol worshippers who are going to hell. I guess when it comes to their similar political agendas, they can hypocritically put their religious animosities aside; just like baptists and mormons who have mutual animosity will work together to pass anti-gay laws.
posted by Anonymous, at
3/02/2006 2:04 PM
The Constitution requires that federal judges, including those on the Supreme Court, may serve for life or as long as they maintain "good behavior." Well, my friends, this is obviously NOT good behavior. Once he became a Supreme Court justice, Alito should have stayed away from Focus on the Family, as they often file briefs in various cases as "friends of the Court."
In my opinion, Alito violated the Constitutional requirement for judges to stay on the bench. Ergo, he should be impeached. Hell, he should have never have made it there in the first place! While I realize impeachment will not happen, it is still the way it is.
Get ready - every privacy rights (including gay rights) case that reaches the Court will have a friend briefing signed by Focus on the Family. No need to guess who will influence Alito. He said it in plain black and white.
Every person who voted for Bush in 2004 and now hates his guts deserves everything Alito is about to give to them. Too bad the rest of us have to deal with it in the meantime.
posted by Matthew, at
3/02/2006 5:32 PM
