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Monday, October 31, 2005
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Wasting not a minute, the liberal Democrat Senator from New York, the male one, Sen. Charles Schumer, holds a press conference to speak about Judge Samuel Alito, President Bush's choice to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. With the woman not even buried yet he uses her name and legacy to suggest that Judge Samuel Alito might try to take our country back to where it was in the 50's. It's a cheap shot from a pro race baiter if you ask me, and Democrats and Blacks ought to be repulsed at his suggestion.
"Like Rosa Parks, Judge Alito will be able to change history by virtue of where he sits. The real question today is whether Judge Alito would use his seat on the bench, just as Rosa Parks used her seat on the bus, to change history for the better or whether he would use that seat to reverse much of what Rosa Parks and so many others fought so hard and for so long to put in place."
10:56:01 PM 
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Well this is what it is. Here's a Ted Kennedy then and now on Judge Samuel Alito, the President's pick to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
"You Have Obviously Had A Very Distinguished Record, And I Certainly Commend You For Long Service In The Public Interest. I Think It Is A Very Commendable Career And I Am Sure You Will Have A Successful One As A Judge.” (Sen. Ted Kennedy, Committee On The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 04/05/90
"After insisting that Harriet Miers shouldn’t even get a hearing because she couldn’t prove she was extreme enough, the far right has now forced the President to choose a nominee that they think has views as extreme as their own." (10/31/05)
Kennedy has it all wrong, as usual. It was Harriet Miers' decision to withdrawal her nomination. She wasn't forced out. Nevertheless, two more Democrats had this to say about Judge Alito.
SEN. FRANK LAUTENBERG (D-NJ): “I Believe Mr. Alito Has The Experience And The Skills To Be The Kind Of Judge The Public Deserves – One Who Is Impartial, Thoughtful, And Fair. I Urge The Senate To Confirm His Nomination.” (Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Congressional Record, 4/27/90, p. S5281)
FORMER SEN. BILL BRADLEY (D-NJ): “[T]he Confirmation Of Sam Alito As U.S. Attorney For New Jersey Is Testimony To The Commitment He Has Shown And The Success Of His Efforts As A Law Enforcement Official. I Am Confident That He Will Continue To Do All He Can To Uphold The Laws Of This Nation With The Kind Of Determination And Vigor That Has Been His Trademark In The Past.” (Sen. Bill Bradley, Congressional Record, 12/8/87, p. S17427)
It's high time Senator Kennedy and his ilk learn to live with a Supreme Court of an originalist majority. A judiciary with limited authority, which is, to interpret Constitutional matters using the Constitution instead of using foreign law, religious, personal, or special interests' beliefs, leaving the law making responsibility to the law makers, the Legislative branch of our government.
1:45:03 PM
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That's the headline on the New York Times' online edition. Well DUH! That is what I expected Bush to do. We will probably find out that he believes in God and even goes to church somewhere. That's good news, albeit irrelevant to the job at hand. These characteristics are what the left fears most in a judicial nominee, which is amusing to say the least. Amusing to me because a person's religious beliefs are not what matters on the Supreme Court. The only thing that matters is that he is dedicated to interpret Constitutional issues based on the Constitution itself, not on foreign law or his religion or personal preferences, period. Restoring order in the Court means that legislatures will once again be the law makers in this country.
Sen. Harry Reid is quaking in his shoes over Bush's pick. That's a ringing endorsement for me. He still does not accept the precedent that picking nominees is the President's job, not his. It's the privilege you get when you win elections.
Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, warned President Bush not to pick Judge Alito, 55. "I think it would create a lot of problems," Mr. Reid said on "Late Edition" on CNN.
NYT link
8:03:33 AM
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