Posted on 10/31/2005 4:50:26 AM PST by Chairman_December_19th_Society
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!
Good morning!!
Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has called upon Karl Rove to resign, and upon the President to pressure him to do so.
In response, it appears likely the President will throw Senator Reid the Senatorial bird (as opposed to Senator Byrd, but that's another rant...) by nominating Circuit Court Judge Samuel Alito (another nominee that's going to take some typing practice to spell correctly, oh well).
A synopsis of the Judge's actual judicial opinions [Courtesy: FR's YaYa123]:
A majority opinion in ACLU v. Schundler, 168 F.3d 92 (3d Cir. 1999), holding that the Establishment Clause was not violated by a city hall holiday display that contained a creche, a menorah, secular symbols of the season, and a banner proclaiming the city's dedication to diversity.
A majority opinion in Fatin v. INS, 12 F.3d 1233 (3d Cir. 1993), holding that an Iranian woman seeking asylum could establish that she had a well founded fear of persecution in Iran if she could show that compliance with that country's "gender specific laws and repressive social norms," such as the requirement that women wear a veil in public, would be deeply abhorrent to her. Judge Alito also held that she could establish eligibility for asylum by showing that she would be persecuted because of gender, belief in feminism, or membership in a feminist group.
A majority opinion in Saxe v. State College Area School District, 240 F.3d 200 (3d Cir. 2001), striking down as contrary to the First Amendment a public school district anti-harassment policy that extended to nonvulgar, non-school-sponsored speech that posed no realistic threat of substantial disruption of school work.
A majority opinion in Shore Regional High School Board of Education v. P.S., 381 F.3d 194 (3d Cir. 2004), holding that a school district did not provide a high school student with a free and appropriate public education, as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, when it failed to protect the student from bullying by fellow students who taunted the student based on his lack of athleticism and his perceived sexual orientation.
A majority opinion in Williams v. Price, 343 F.3d 223 (3d Cir. 2003), granting a writ of habeas corpus to an African-American state prisoner after state courts had refused to consider the testimony of a witness who stated that a juror had uttered derogatory remarks about African Americans during an encounter in the courthouse after the conclusion of the trial.
A dissenting opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 947 F.2d 682 (3d Cir. 1991), arguing that a Pennsylvania that required women seeking abortions to inform their husbands should have been upheld. As Judge Alito reasoned, "[t]he Pennsylvania legislature could have rationally believed that some married women are initially inclined to obtain an abortion without their husbands' knowledge because of perceived problems--such as economic constraints, future plans, or the husbands' previously expressed opposition--that may be obviated by discussion prior to the abortion." Chief Justice Rehnquist's dissent from the Supreme Court's 5-4 [corrected] decision striking down the spousal notification provision of the law quoted Judge Alito's dissent and expressed support for Judge Alito's reasoning.
A dissenting opinion in Homar v. Gilbert, 89 F.3d 1009 (3d Cir. 1996) arguing that that a state university did not violate the procedural due process rights of a campus policeman when it suspended him without pay and without a prior hearing upon learning that he had been arrested and charged with drug offenses. The Supreme Court, which reversed and remanded the case on other grounds, agreed with Judge Alito's reasoning that no hearing was required prior to the suspension because the drug charges showed that the suspension was not baseless.
A dissenting opinion in Sheridan v. Dupont, 74 F.3d 1439 (3d Cir. 1996) (en banc) arguing that a plaintiff in a sex discrimination case should not inevitably be able to survive summary judgment simply by casting doubt on the employer's proffer of legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for the adverse employment decision.
Folks--I think we have a real conservative here.
As I said on Friday, the President plays chess, and we need to stick with him.
Now, for the Gang of Seven in the Senate--we're watching. Harry Reid hates this guy. This is well worth the Nuclear Option.
In other news...
The Plamegate special prosecutor is demanding that VP Cheney testify in open court. The Administration will likely invoke Executive Priviledge--sparking a court fight on that issue.
And Prince Charles says he finds the pace of climate change is terrifying and people are becoming too dependent on technology.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
Good Morning All. It's cloudy and cool here in central Texas. We're looking for a little rain.
john, the menu sounds wonderful. You did a bang up job.
Guenie, it's good to see you. It will be fun at the Assisted Living place today. Your dad will have a ball.
prairie, are you still wandering around the Hill Country?
...Could you, for a single moment, believe a conservative would get away with uttering this?
SENATOR SCHUMER: Alito, like Rosa Parks, can make history simply by virtue of where he sits.
for those who are movie fans, this is a good day to see movie Luther.. most excellet flick from a few years ago
"Now, for the Gang of Seven in the Senate--we're watching. Harry Reid hates this guy. This is well worth the Nuclear Option."
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The most important Senator to listen to is not in the "Gang of Seven" ... he is Senator Specter.
If Specter decides to even mildly oppose Alito, he's toast.
Dittos.
Dittos.
Dittos.
Great post.
My brother had his echogram this morning and the result are inconclusive. Both the vascular surgeon and cardiologist are puzzled and have called in a hematologist. There was a shadow they cannot identify and I don't know what they will do as a result of that.
Jeff will be put on a blood thinner and tested every two weeks. The pathology from the blood clot is not back yet and that may provide some new information to help doctors understand what they are looking at.
My brother wanted to go home today and the surgeon told Jeff this was a very serious situation and he must stay for another few days.
Thank you all for your prayers and concern.
"inconclusive" tests are the worst. Here's hoping someone is able to resolve the puzzle. ... but in the meantime, not good for your mom.
"Alito's voting record is more like that of Justice Antonin Scalia, who contends the undue burden standard is hopelessly unworkable. Scalia also would like to overturn Roe."
Let's roll! Time for the fight!
thanks for update Peach. Know this is difficult for you all.
Hugs and Prayers to & for you all
I'm so sorry the Drs couldn't draw any conclusions from the tests. Unfortunately, the best place for your bro is in the hospital until they are certain what they are dealing with, hopefully they will know soon.
Prayers continue for your family.
And this is why medicine is an inexact science. Test results aren't always black and white, and inconclusives are not infrequent. The good news is that he has lots of specialists available and more heads are better than just one.
I'm not at all surprised that he's on anticoagulants and the doctor is exactly right. They want to adjust his coag time to a certain level and then make sure he stays that way. He'll have to have it monitored frequently once he does go home too, so there isn't any point in sending him home too early. Tell Jeff he needs to follow doctors orders very exactly, including when it's ok for him to go home.
:^)
Two words...Miguel Estrada.
He was an Appeals Court nominee, IIRC. Charlie Brown Schumer is referring to the Supreme Court.
4. For the third time, [the President] has declined to make history by nominating the first Hispanic to the Court.- Reid
Arrogance, hypocrisy, and selective amnesia all rolled into one statement. (Like Reid would have voted for Estrada or Gonzales anyway)
5.56mm
Yes, I know. But the hypocrisy still applies to the RATS and Schmuckers statement.
Actually on the issue of "to three thou shalt count," I have to concede that Reid does seem to know how to do that. President Bush has only had three nominees to the Supreme Court: Roberts (Chief Justice--Confirmed)
Meirs (Justice--Withdrawn)
Alito (Justice--Under Consideration)
Estrada and Gonzales were Appeals Court nominees, IIRC.
Of course.
You're correct, on a lower court, so Dingy Harry's voting would be consistent with my post #74 if the appointment were to SCOTUS.
I'm starting to dislike Reid as much as I disliked Daschle.
5.56mm
We'll have to work on you then so we can get Reid right on up to the top.
Must have been in July or thereabouts that I first had the chuckle about "Scalito" being in the running. Quite interesting that we're going to be hearing so much more about him now.
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