Happy Halloween, everybody! Been busy carving pumpkins, baking brownies, getting the "treats" ready, etc. Now have to go cut about 2 dozen jack-o-lantern faces out of sliced cheese for the burgers.
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.
"Judge Alito's Opinions" and "Counting the votes"
This is fun! Probably works best with something other than dialup connection, but try it anyway.
Don't worry it isn't dirty, despite the link title.
Happy Halloween!
http://www.toilette-humor.com/flash/carve_pumpkin.swf
Peach, my continued prayers for your brother. I hope they solve the mystery soon. I know this is very worrying and that you are close to your brother. I would be in the same boat, if it were mine.
Alito is a great choice! I have been quite happy today listening to the democrats whine and insult. I also was glad to see that the reporter from CBS apologized to Scott McClellan for his vulgar comment in reference to Miers/Alito.
Starting to sprinkle outside. I hope we get trick-or-treaters, or I am going to be stuck with 40 Reese's peanut butter cups.
Guess I missed this. Can you post it on the family forum or is it too bad for that?
Thanks. That is good.
Happy Halloween, everybody! Been busy carving pumpkins, baking brownies, getting the "treats" ready, etc. Now have to go cut about 2 dozen jack-o-lantern faces out of sliced cheese for the burgers.
3rd party McCain? Sure...it figures. He knows he can't win so he is going to try to make sure a Repubublican isn't elected to the Presidency in 2008. I believe he is so egotistical that he will do this, even though he KNOWS it will open the door for witchhillary.
That was fun prairie. Thanks. I guess, I'll always be a child at heart.
What's a "Norway" rat?
Probbaly won't get many trick-or-treaters because our neighborhood is now a bunch of old biddies like me. All the kids grew up and left. There are a couple new young families, so hope we get some.
prairie.....It's cloudy and dreary looking and it might rain. Typical of this area, remember? At least it's rather warm. Can remember putting heavy coats over our kids' costumes in the past.
Probbaly=Probably
Grandkids are Captain Hook, a pirate, Tinkerbell and Peter Pan. Daughter and dil coordinate.
They're a riot!
Our Trick or Treat was last night. Our tiny one was an M & M. So cute. He didn't quite understand what it was all about and cried when his older brother put on the Darth Vader mask. He was also confused about the candy. He thought if someone gave him candy he needed to stand right there and eat it before moving on!
I have just now taken the time to read your outstanding opening; thank you for that great synopsis. Again.
Matt Cooper of Time magazine isn't so sure Libby committed perjury.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1512822/posts
How cute!
Our little ones don't get hardly ANY candy, so I wonder how the parents will handle that?!
Chris Matthews, surprisingly, is not pleased some Democrats have used the fact that Alito (an Italian) did not take down a mob boss in the 80's. The RNC was quick on the mark to put this out:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1512815/posts
Interesting about Cooper. Still playing games and hoping to get Rove?
Since we moved here in 1990 we have had 6 trick or treaters. I think it's because we live 300 feet from the road and it's pitch black until the motion detector light on the garage gets triggered.
How cute.
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