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Samuel Alito ~ Senate Judiciary Hearing [LIVE THREAD] (Day-2)
Senate Judiciary ^ | 1-10-06 | Senate Judiciary

Posted on 01/10/2006 4:14:05 AM PST by OXENinFLA

ALITO CONFIRMATION HEARINGS

Questioning Begins Today

Each of the eighteen senators on the Judiciary Cmte. will have 30 minutes to question Supreme Court nominee Samual Alito today during round one. Sen. Arlen Specter, as chairman, will begin, then they will alternate by party in order of individual seniority. Round two starts on Wednesday.


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To: saveliberty

"It's not sad that these horses hindquarters expend so much of their energy to exude flatulence on camera and then have the viewer conclude that they just fa*ted."

For some reason, an image of the Swimmer's jowls crossed my mind.


41 posted on 01/10/2006 5:04:59 AM PST by rwa265 (The Promises of the Lord, I Will Proclaim Forever)
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To: eeevil conservative

LOL! They should love him then because it's the gun that makes the bad decision, not the person.


42 posted on 01/10/2006 5:05:17 AM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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I notice that some of the current the rhetoric relating to the withdrawn Miers nomination is incorrect. Given the incorrect statements, one can discern some directions of argument planned by those who oppose Alito for this nomination.

Bush's next choice for the O'Connor vacancy, Harriet Miers, withdrew her nomination after coming under sustained criticism from conservatives who said they doubted her credentials on abortion.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer Mon Jan 9, 6:37 PM ET


LEAHY: I have said that the president did not help his cause by withdrawing his earlier nomination of Harriet Miers in the face of criticism from the narrow faction of his own party who were concerned about how she might vote.

Hearings - Day 1 - Jan. 9, 2005

Back in October and November, most of the MSM was reporting and opining that the primary objections to Miers were credentials, capability and lack of a philosophical track record.

It's hard to see how the withdrawal of Miers, even for the reason given yesterday and being reinforced by the media now, is useful except to set up a prejudice that Alito is against Roe. But they already have his 1985 memo to set up that prejudice, and the memo is a much more direct "set-up" than trying to tie Alito's position to the administrations withdrawal of Miers.

Another angle of attack that the Miers withdrawal set up is that both supporters and objectors to Miers wanted her judicial philosophy to be completely laid out in hearings. The argument to "let it all hang out at the hearings" was necessary for supporters, because hearings would be a substitute for a written track record. But Alito does have a track record, and that record will be helpful shorthand for him to "let it all hang out in hearings."

In other words, he'll be able to explain his rationale for each of the cases raised by objectors - instead of saying "I can't answer that because it may come before me." I expect he will well-explain how he will apply his philosophy, and come off as fully forthcoming. If so, it will become impossible to oppose Alito on the grounds that he was not as forthcoming as Miers' testimony is imagined to have had to been.

43 posted on 01/10/2006 5:05:36 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: mewzilla

LOL! I foresee the dummies asking Alito about "Spying" on American citizens through their MAIL! LOL!


44 posted on 01/10/2006 5:05:41 AM PST by eeevil conservative (courage is living in tyranny and speaking for freedom/not living in freedom and speaking for tyranny)
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To: OXENinFLA

Matt Lauer has given his opening hearing statement.........

1 10 06 Lauer....burst out with this:

"Let's face it. He is an ultra-conservative and his track record on the bench [speaking over Thompson]. . . he goes to the right on key issues."


45 posted on 01/10/2006 5:05:59 AM PST by ConservativeGreek
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To: rwa265

They are pretty hard to look at, aren't they?


46 posted on 01/10/2006 5:06:47 AM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: ConservativeGreek

Snort. Well, compared to judges like Ginsburg, just about everyone else in the country is ultra-conservative.


47 posted on 01/10/2006 5:08:00 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla

just about everyone else in the country is ultra-conservative.

Lauer could never see or recognize ultra liberal.........
unless he looked in the camera lens.


48 posted on 01/10/2006 5:10:51 AM PST by ConservativeGreek
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To: mewzilla
Thanks for the thread! I think I'll monitor the hearing this way. If I watch those perfumed princes in the House of Lords, er...the Senate, I'll hurl.

I feel exactly the same way. I don't want to damage my TV watching those lowlifes slime all over honorable men.

49 posted on 01/10/2006 5:11:10 AM PST by JustaCowgirl (We're in this fight to win. These colors don't run. -- VP Cheney, 12/18/2005)
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To: saveliberty
There's a lot of pressure on Dems to vote No. Ed Whelan (NRO, Bench Memos) says that Kohl is giving similar signs of being pressured into a No vote in Committee.

The DEMs will pull every unethical stunt in the book to stall the inevitable. The committee vote will be party line. I think the committee rules are such that given unanimous opposition from one party, one DEM in the opposition can demand (and get) a one week delay in committee vote on the nomination. But if one DEM agrees to vote on the nomination, then the committee vote is held.

Either way, once out of committee, the debate on the floor of the Senate will be fully partisan by the usual suspects (Kennedy, Boxer, Reid, Durbin, Kerry, et al).

I haven't given any thought into whether any (or which) of the DEM committee members might be swayed to approve of the nominee, or agree to the chair's timing on taking the vote.

50 posted on 01/10/2006 5:11:37 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: ken5050
Sam Brownback was superb...

I caught a little of Sam Brownback's comments on this morning's airing of yesterday's hearings on C-Span.

He was right on target.

51 posted on 01/10/2006 5:12:15 AM PST by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: OXENinFLA
Each of the eighteen senators on the Judiciary Cmte. will have 30 minutes to question Supreme Court nominee Samual Alito today during round one.

Senator Biden will have 30 seconds, the average time a person can listen to him speak and remain conscious.

52 posted on 01/10/2006 5:27:33 AM PST by Zeppelin (Texas Longhorns === National Champions !!!)
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To: OXENinFLA

The best part of all this is that there is plenty of time for President Bush to nominate even one more judge to the US Supreme Court.

That will be an awesome legacy if he gets all conservatives on the bench.


53 posted on 01/10/2006 5:27:45 AM PST by Preachin' (Enoch's testimony was that he pleased God: Why are we still here?)
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To: Preachin'

I think that Stevens and Ginsburg will do all in their power to stay for the remainder of his term.


54 posted on 01/10/2006 5:31:34 AM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: boomop1

Nah, you have to understand.

Lindsey represents South Carolina. His constituents were far from happy about his role in the Gang of Fourteen. They are far fom happy about his involvement with McCain. Lindsey is taking center stage during these hearings to attempt to regain his constituents favor because there are still ill feelings against him.

Of all the people that joined that pact, Lindsey is the one that has a credible challenger already in the wings. So expect Lindsey to playact as the great Conservative Reagan Republican.

As for me, I'll allow him to do so to get Alito through but he's not fooling me.

Will not be able to be here the next two days, couldn't get out of work. :-) Prayers for Alito, reading the recaps each day after work, and look forward to joining everyone Thursday if he's still testifying. :-)


55 posted on 01/10/2006 5:36:05 AM PST by Soul Seeker (Mr. President: It is now time to turn over the money changers' tables.)
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To: ken5050
BTW..IMHO, the senator who has the biggest problem with his vote is Chafee...if he votes against SAlito on the Sente floor..he'll lose his primary..

He'll vote against Alito ... you just watch

56 posted on 01/10/2006 5:38:48 AM PST by Mo1 (Republicans protect Americans from Terrorists.. Democrats protect Terrorists from Americans)
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To: ken5050
BTW..IMHO, the senator who has the biggest problem with his vote is Chafee...if he votes against SAlito on the Sente floor..he'll lose his primary..

I do not see the problem here :) It sounds like a win/win situation.

57 posted on 01/10/2006 5:40:45 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Alitists for Alito)
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To: Cboldt

Boxer is more than likely at Kinkos already getting her posters ready for the floor 'fight'.


58 posted on 01/10/2006 5:43:06 AM PST by Carolinamom (If you pursue happiness, you'll never find it. ---C.P. Snow)
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To: OXENinFLA
Thursday's witness list is out ...

http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=1725.

That pretty well indicates that Judge Alito will have at most two days more before the committee.

59 posted on 01/10/2006 5:43:54 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: dubyaismypresident; Mo1

g'mornin' folks ,... ken is out running , he'll be back soon


60 posted on 01/10/2006 5:45:16 AM PST by Dad yer funny
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