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Alito It Is (Or So It Seems)
ConfirmThem.com ^ | 10/28/2005 | Erick

Posted on 10/28/2005 8:33:00 AM PDT by 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.


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KEYWORDS: alito; bush; judicialnominees; miers; scotus
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To: edmond246

"Will the extreme right wingers on FR be happy with this choice?"

What does that make you? An extreme left winger?


61 posted on 10/28/2005 8:52:34 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Owen
What happens if all the Dems say no, all the 7 RINOs say no, and no amount of persuasion will change their minds? Answer: the nominee is rejected.

And what happens when 2 of 7 vote to confirm a well-qualified nominee?

Answer: 30 years of strict constructionist rule

I'd say it's a gamble worth taking.

62 posted on 10/28/2005 8:53:24 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: conservativecorner
So there were no second choices that wanted the job, even though these two gentlemen have been fully vetted? This tells me more things about this WH that really are making me damn sick!

The possible Alito appointment makes you sick? Please look on the bright side of things and stop plummeting down into the depths of despair of DU....

63 posted on 10/28/2005 8:53:49 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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To: All
Alito
64 posted on 10/28/2005 8:54:02 AM PDT by BushMeister ("We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around." --Ronald Reagan)
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To: Rutles4Ever

It's Clement! No it's Brown!! You're both wrong, it's Owen!!! Can anyone here tell me of anyone who accurately predicted either of the other two picks? No, in fact, the during the first pick, we heard one name all day long and it turned out to be wrong. There is no reason to either push for or predict a candidate.


65 posted on 10/28/2005 8:54:24 AM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper (Why don't I shill for a Supreme Court candidate? Vote for Pedro! That's right, you can't. Darn.)
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To: Owen

Oh, it might not work, we shouldn't try. I'm skeered.


66 posted on 10/28/2005 8:54:33 AM PDT by Petronski (Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
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To: RockinRight
If true, the President has certainly redeemed himself with me.

Ah, but will you and the crowd you ran with redeem yourselfs with those of us who are disgusted by your use of Leftist tactics against Ms. Miers?

67 posted on 10/28/2005 8:55:19 AM PDT by Wolfstar (The reactionaries' favorite short list are all judges GWB appointed to the appellate bench.)
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To: Rutles4Ever
Luttig and Alito were the fall backs to Miers.

Yeah, and for quarterback on my all-time football team, Johnny Unitas and Joe Montana are fall backs to Trent Dilfer.

68 posted on 10/28/2005 8:55:55 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: Luke21; edmond246
"Will the extreme right wingers on FR be happy with this choice?"

What does that make you? An extreme left winger?

This choice has nothing to do with the last one. Take it on its own merits and lets move on. If this appointment happens, we should be very happy and not resentful regarding Miers. To do that will only bring us down to the level of despair of the RATS.

69 posted on 10/28/2005 8:56:05 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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To: dubyaismypresident

They should be used to it by now... that is, if their realities didn't begin when they wake up in the morning.


70 posted on 10/28/2005 8:56:08 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Ninety-nine Republican Arlen Specters aren’t worth one Democratic Zell Miller)
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To: Wolfstar

"Yourselfs" should be "yourselves" in my #67 -- typing too fast.


71 posted on 10/28/2005 8:56:25 AM PDT by Wolfstar (The reactionaries' favorite short list are all judges GWB appointed to the appellate bench.)
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To: frogjerk

I love the pick, but I have always hated to be lied to. One of my pet peeves I'm afraid, and the WH did just that with their excuse of no one else wanted the job. It was nothing more than a steaming pile of crap from a WH I have less respect for.


72 posted on 10/28/2005 8:58:21 AM PDT by conservativecorner
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To: Huck

I confess i gave the prez the benefit of the doubt but quickly came to regret it.


73 posted on 10/28/2005 8:58:37 AM PDT by italianquaker (Bush Derangement syndrome coming to a theatre near you)
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To: COBOL2Java; dead
D: I won't be happy unless Chuck Schumer screams like a girl.

C: How would you know? ;-)

Answer: See if his lips are moving

74 posted on 10/28/2005 8:58:59 AM PDT by kidd
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To: waverna

That's a pretty big sacrifice on her part. She basically just put herself through a lot of crap if the whole purpose is to free Bush up to nominate a man. I guess we'll never know, though.


75 posted on 10/28/2005 8:59:33 AM PDT by ark_girl
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To: Wolfstar
Ah, but will you and the crowd you ran with redeem yourselfs with those of us who are disgusted by your use of Leftist tactics against Ms. Miers?

I suspect I speak for many in saying, we couldn't care less whether you're disgusted or not. My purpose in politics isn't to make you happy. If you're unable to accurately understand the political landscape it's your problem, not mine.

76 posted on 10/28/2005 9:00:18 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: Owen

What happens if all the Dems say no, all the 7 RINOs say no, and no amount of persuasion will change their minds?

Answer: the nominee is rejected.
****

NEXT............Luttig


77 posted on 10/28/2005 9:00:50 AM PDT by jdhljc169
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To: Rutles4Ever


Samuel Alito. His nickname is "Scalito". Alito and Brown are my favorites.

Email the WH. We need to lobby and show support.
78 posted on 10/28/2005 9:00:51 AM PDT by etradervic (Able Danger, Peter Paul Campaign Fraud Case, Whitewater, Sandy Berger...demand answers!)
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To: Rutles4Ever

I feel much better now. They don't call him "Scalito" for nothing.


79 posted on 10/28/2005 9:01:39 AM PDT by kesg
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To: Rutles4Ever
From http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/050719/19alito.htm

In 1997, Alito authored the majority opinion upholding a city's right to stage a holiday display that included a Nativity scene and a menorah because the city also included secular symbols and a banner emphasizing the importance of diversity. In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Alito was the sole dissenter on the Third Circuit, which struck a Pennsylvania law that required women seeking abortions to consult their husbands. He argued that many of the potential reasons for an abortion, such as "economic constraints, future plans, or the husbands' previously expressed opposition . . . may be obviated by discussion prior to abortion." The case went on to the Supreme Court, which upheld the lower court's decision 6 to 3.,

Alito's conservative stripes are equally evident in criminal law. Lawrence Lustberg, a New Jersey criminal defense lawyer who has known Alito since 1981 and tried cases before him on the Third Circuit, describes him as "an activist conservatist judge" who is tough on crime and narrowly construes prisoners' and criminals' rights. "He's very prosecutorial from the bench. He has looked to be creative in his conservatism, which is, I think, as much a Rehnquist as a Scalia trait," Lustberg says.

I will pray this man is the nominee...

80 posted on 10/28/2005 9:01:50 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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