Alito It Is (Or So It Seems)

ConfirmThem.com ^ | 10/28/2005 | Erick

[Rutles4Ever]

Multiple sources are telling RedState that Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals will be named by the President at the next associate justice of the United States Supreme Court as early as Monday.

“The situation is still in flux,” says one source, “but not very much.” Says another, “The White House Counsel’s Office is not doing too good at keeping this a secret.”

Still another source says, “Luttig and Alito were the fall backs to Miers. They have both been vetted. Alito seems more palatable. There is no need to drag this out, he’s been vetted a million times.”

And yet another source tells me that he is convinced Alito is the nominee barring some last minute unforeseen issue. All signs are pointing to Judge Alito right now. Things could change, but as the weekend draws closer it seems more and more likely that Judge Alito will be the nominee and conservatives will have a fight on their hands in the Senate — a very winnable fight.

[RockinRight]

His nickname is "Scalito (as in Scalia)."

'Nuff said.

[Huck]

They call him Scalito.

[KarlInOhio]

I'm not all that familiar with Alito, do you know anything about him?

I posted this on another thread. It looked appropriate here.

I looked up his name in Wikipedia. Normally I wouldn't trust it on any controversial issue or person, but I loved this line:

His ideological likeness to United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia has earned him the nickname "Scalito."

I like him already.

[edmond246]

Thank you!

[Diplomat]

If this is true, it would appear President Bush has heard our voices.

[thoughtomator]

Yes, yes, yes, and yes.

[wagglebee]

I will be VERY HAPPY he is the nominee.

[RockinRight]

The DU'ers will go abso-frickin-lutely NUTS if it's him.

I can't wait!

[BigSkyFreeper]

LOL!

[wagglebee]

Yeah, I already saw that. This sounds great!

[italianquaker]

lets hope our quisling senators grow a pair

[NeoCaveman]

The DU'ers will go abso-frickin-lutely NUTS if it's him. I can't wait!

No indictiments for felonies, plus Scalio?

DU will need a suicide watch. This could be shadenreude at it's finest ever.

[ark_girl]

Let's put it this way....Ann Coulter likes him. She's beeng singing his praises since all this SCOTUS stuff started after Rehnquist passed away. If Ann likes him (and Ann didn't even like Roberts) that's probably a good sign.

[linkinpunk]

I am still betting it is a hispanic.

[6SJ7]

lets hope our quisling senators grow a pair...

Grow a pair of what; marshmallows?

[flashbunny]

"Luttig and Alito were the fall backs to Miers"

Gee, I thought everyone else had dropped out and miers was all they had.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Wikipedia: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

[clee1]

Yes to all of the above.

[italianquaker]

you know

[frogjerk]

Courtesy of Internet grab:

A New Jersey native, the 55-year-old Alito received a bachelor's degree from Princeton and graduated from Yale Law School. He worked in the solicitor general's office during the Reagan administration and was a U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey when George H.W. Bush nominated him to the Third Circuit. His 15 years on the bench have been marked by strong conservatism on a case-by-case basis that avoids sweeping opinions on constitutionality.