Samuel Alito ~ Senate Judiciary Hearing [LIVE THREAD] (Day-5)

Senate Judiciary ^ | 1-12-06 | Senate Judiciary

[Peach]

Ditto

[ilovew]

He's an @ss.

[Bahbah]

Chemerinsky up, I can't stand this guy.

He is dishonest. Did you see the conflicting statements he has made on the judicial filibuster?

[bkepley]

Has anyone seen any analysis of Alito's lawclerks?.. I get the sense he's appointed a lot of liberals...I hope that changes..

I think the main thing is that Alito is not on a liberal mission and will follow the law.

[OXENinFLA]

BTW....

SALIM AHMED HAMDAN V. DONALD RUMSFELD
January 12, 2006

The U.S. Government files a brief with the Supreme Court seeking to dismiss a Guantanamo detainee's case from the Court's docket. The government argues that when Congress passed the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (signed into law on December 30, 2005), it meant that "alien[s] held in military custody at Guantanamo Bay" could not seek writs of habeas corpus in federal court challenging the legality of their military detentions.

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/tribunals/hmdnrums11206sgmot.pdf

Hamdan's Military Tribunal Charges (U.S. v. Hamdan)
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/tribunals/ushamdan704.html

U.S. Court Ruling Halting Hamdan's Trial
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/tribunals/hamdanrums110804opn.pdf

The Bush Administration vs. Salim Hamdan (The New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/magazine/08yemen.html

Military Lawyers
http://lawyers.findlaw.com/lawyer/practice/Military%20Law

Criminal Defense Lawyers
http://lawyers.findlaw.com/lawyer/practice/Criminal%20Law

[newnhdad]

his eyes are buggy.

[newnhdad]

Anita Hill in da house?

[ohioWfan]

Oh, my goodness! That is hilarious!!

[A Citizen Reporter]

You know, every dem Senator and most the dem witnesses seem to be obsessed with the idea that they have to pull power away from the executive branch.

That says one interesting thing to me. It's almost as if they are throwing in the towel on getting the executive branch back very soon.

[Cboldt]

I haven't found transcripts of the day's worth of testimony, but the Senate Judiciary Website has links to some of the prepared statements.

The Honorable Judge Edward Becker
Mr. Stephen L. Tober, Esq. <- ABA testimony
Peter Kirsanow, Esq.
The Honorable Ruggero Aldisert
The Honorable Leonard Garth
The Honorable John Gibbons
Ms. Edna Ball Axelrod
Prof. Michael Gerhardt
Prof. Samuel Issacharoff
Mr. Carter Phillips <- Caution ... ALL CAPS!!!
Prof. Goodwin Liu <- Liberal pipsqueak

[Peach]

Back to the strip search of the 10 year old. One Note Charlies.

[LisaFab]

Yup, here's one for their side.

Seems to me that one or two of his clerks testified yesterday in his favor. Loved the way his former classmate slapped down that assistant professor (Liu) yesterday.

[ilovew]

YAWN. I'm so sick of that.

[ken5050]

he was, shall we charitably say, deconstructed , by Hugh Hewitt yesterday..It's posted here somewheres..

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

JL: Well, that would be great. Well, Beethoven would just...that would be perfect, because Beethoven in the later years of his life was deaf. And if Biden's asking the question, you don't have to hear, because he's just going to talk for 28 minutes.

*guffaw*

Brilliant analogy!

Lileks is the best.

:0)

[Peach]

Beth Nolan up. Ugh - look at that ugly glare.

[RayChuang88]

That cartoon you showed should have have the placard of Senator Biden instead of "Senator Blowhard." Biden's bloviating made me want to

[ilovew]

Wow, there's almost no one there. Why have the witnesses at all if no one's going to listen to them?

[OXENinFLA]

he was, shall we charitably say, deconstructed , by Hugh Hewitt yesterday..It's posted here somewheres..

I linked it in post #1

[ken5050]

Wow..the post-Clinton years have not been kind to her..she looks like she just got out of bed..