Bush nominates Alito to Supreme Court

[Milkman]

You guys are getting rusty, I see no debate over President Bush's latest Supreme Court pick, let alone a thread about Mier's withdrawal. Shame on all of you.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Conservatives lauded President Bush on Monday for his choice of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court, while liberals signaled a contentious confirmation hearing is ahead for the nominee.

Alito, a 55-year-old judge on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, is a favorite of conservatives, many of whom objected when Bush nominated White House legal counsel Harriet Miers at the beginning of the month.

After Miers withdrew Thursday, her nomination criticized by both Democrats and Republicans, conservatives eagerly awaited a nominee with judicial experience and credentials similar to Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. (An overview of Alito's judicial record)

Bush touted Alito's 15 years as a federal appellate judge and said, "This record reveals a thoughtful judge who considers the legal merits carefully and applies the law in a principled fashion." (Watch Bush call Alito 'fair-minded and principled' -- 4:15)

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will hold Alito's confirmation hearing, slammed Bush's decision as pandering to his conservative base.

"This is a needlessly provocative nomination," said Sen. Pat Leahy of Vermont, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. "Instead of uniting the country through his choice, the president has chosen to reward one faction of his party, at the risk of dividing the country."

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Discuss.

 

[SAJ]

Its not that we dont care, but we have seen it all from this administration and I guess we have become a bit jaded.
Anything less than Dick Cheney caught on camera molesting a two-headed donkey wont raise an eyebrow anymore.

 

[gh0st]

whats there to say? a well qualified nominee, unlike that hag meiers. i was beginning to think he'd nominate any woman/ethnicity regardless of their qualification.

 

[No Limit]

Great way to reward the radical right that has this administration by the balls. :dozey:

 

[Milkman]

whats there to say? a well qualified nominee, unlike that hag meiers. i was beginning to think he'd nominate any woman/ethnicity regardless of their qualification.

Eh well, I guess now you can't say that he didn't try.

 

[gh0st]

Great way to reward the radical right that has this administration by the balls. :dozey:

well he's trying to do what any politician in his position would do, which is rally a fractured party. harriet meiers was universally hated. scalito is only hated by democrats, mind you the so called "radical" ones, which i can live with. the only people that didnt vote to confirm roberts were the idiot "radical" democrats. alito is equally qualified as roberts so he should have no problem.

 

[No Limit]

well he's trying to do what any politician in his position would do, which is rally a fractured party. harriet meiers was universally hated. scalito is only hated by democrats, mind you the so called "radical" ones, which i can live with. the only people that didnt vote to confirm roberts were the idiot "radical" democrats. alito is equally qualified as roberts so he should have no problem.

Alito is much further on the whacko right extremist scale than Roberts. He strongly believes in state rights a very conservative idea, he sides with large corporations, and he is to the far right on social issues. Many times he has been on the dissenting far right side of an opinion in important supreme court decisions. This guy is nothing like Roberts and most Democrats, as well as most Americans, will oppose him.

 

[gh0st]

i believe in states rights, i dont know whats so bad about that.

i acknowledge he's farther right than roberts but his judicial credentials are all in place. keep in mind the supreme court is not a political institution by nature, how he personally feels about abortion or any other case is irrelevant, its all about "can he be trusted to interpret the constitution". and i think he can.

 

[No Limit]

i believe in states rights, i dont know whats so bad about that.

It's a far right idea that most in this country do not agree with.

i acknowledge he's farther right than roberts but his judicial credentials are all in place. keep in mind the supreme court is not a political institution by nature, how he personally feels about abortion or any other case is irrelevant, its all about "can he be trusted to interpret the constitution". and i think he can.

No, that is the point, he can't be trusted to interpret the constitution no matter how much experiance he has. Most judges he worked with disagreed with him on major issues, as I said, he was the dissenting voice on those decisions. And keep in mind that this was in Texas, so most on that supreme court that disagreed with him were already to the right.

 

[gh0st]

have you got some links, i'm curious about this... whether he was a lawyer, or a judge, or what position he was in, etc.

 

[Milkman]

It's a far right idea that most in this country do not agree with.

Er no its not, its Federalism. Balance between state and federal power. You want far right idea? (populist) state sucession, thats taking state's rights to the farthest of rights.

 

[No Limit]

have you got some links, i'm curious about this... whether he was a lawyer, or a judge, or what position he was in, etc.

http://www.google.com ; I don't have the time anymore to do research for you .