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Bush narrows Supreme Court selection to 2, sources say(great picks IMHO!!!)
Mercury News ^ | Sat, Oct. 29, 2005 | JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG

Posted on 10/29/2005 5:23:51 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing

WASHINGTON - Rebounding from the failed nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, President Bush is poised to select between two of the nation's leading conservative federal appeals court judges - both experienced jurists with deep backgrounds in constitutional law - for what promises to be a bruising Senate confirmation battle.

With an announcement expected Sunday or Monday, administration officials have narrowed the focus to Judges Samuel Alito of New Jersey and Michael Luttig of Virginia, sources involved in the process said. Both have sterling legal qualifications and solid conservative credentials, and both would set off an explosive fight with Senate Democrats, who are demanding a more moderate nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: New Jersey; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: alito; conservative; constitution; fourthcircuit; judicialnominees; luttig; michaelluttig; miers; nomoresouters; originalist; scotus
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To: dubyaismypresident; xsmommy

any comments?


21 posted on 10/29/2005 5:28:56 PM PDT by tioga
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To: dakine
I think that restriction lead to Harriet Meirs. None of the female originalists wanted the MSM rectal exam.
22 posted on 10/29/2005 5:28:57 PM PDT by SubMareener (Become a monthly donor! Free FreeRepublic.com from Quarterly FReepathons!)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

As a half-Italian attorney who practices in NJ, my pick is Alito :)


23 posted on 10/29/2005 5:29:06 PM PDT by chet_in_ny
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To: dakine
Thought the pick had to be a chick...

It was. We have moved on.

24 posted on 10/29/2005 5:29:08 PM PDT by caryatid (Stand still and look until you really see ...)
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To: Acts 2:38

Miers was not an "abomination", even if picking Miers arguably was. She is a fine lady and doesn't deserve the ad hominem slimes and slanders that some unprincipled critics indulged in.


25 posted on 10/29/2005 5:29:23 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: dubyaismypresident

you are fast


26 posted on 10/29/2005 5:29:26 PM PDT by tioga
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To: newzjunkey

Both of those would be fine as well.


27 posted on 10/29/2005 5:29:50 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
With an announcement expected Sunday or Monday...

Reh, Heh... Reeeeaaaallllyyy? I had heard it would be quick but that's sooner than I expected.

28 posted on 10/29/2005 5:30:47 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Lets not forget that the administration has floated names as a red herring just to get the Left off balance, like the case with Judge Edith Brown Clement being reported as a done deal just before Roberts was announced.


29 posted on 10/29/2005 5:31:02 PM PDT by counterpunch (JRB in '05 = GOP in '06)
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To: dakine

Huh??? Baby chickens are allowed????????



;)


30 posted on 10/29/2005 5:31:29 PM PDT by Chgogal (Viva Bush, the real revolutionary. We're winning the WOT in Iraq! Goodbye Che. Hello W!)
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To: dakine

'' Thought the pick had to be a chick''.... Nope that was just Bush trying to play nice with the RATS.......hopefully I think he's gotten over it......


31 posted on 10/29/2005 5:32:43 PM PDT by Bush gal in LA
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To: dakine

Nope ...Laura doesen't get to choose this time.


32 posted on 10/29/2005 5:33:10 PM PDT by Blackirish (Jeez)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
My pick is Luttig.

How do you think he'd compare to Alito? One big thing I'm curious about are things like WOT-related matters - presidential powers and surveillance powers and things like that. Does anybody know of any indications one way or the other?

33 posted on 10/29/2005 5:33:18 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: counterpunch

I kept hearing about Clement right before he announced Roberts. There was so much talk about her in New Orleans that I was shocked he announced Roberts.

How about Ted Olson?


34 posted on 10/29/2005 5:33:45 PM PDT by mom4kittys
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Butter the popcorn, there is going to be a brawl and we have ringside seats! Watching them go nuts will be as enjoyable as the moral victory.


35 posted on 10/29/2005 5:33:49 PM PDT by Americalover
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Whoever he picks, I think he ought to walk in with Barney first...just to see how many people he frightens to death before he waves the nominee in.

(One of the Old Guard caisson horses in Roman tack might be fun too, but bringing one of those into the West Wing corridors might be a tight fit.)


36 posted on 10/29/2005 5:34:25 PM PDT by RichInOC ("Brother Bush, how say you?" "Arf! Arf! Grrrrrrrr..." "O-kaaaay...that's one for reversal...")
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing; jwalsh07
Rereading the Rosen piece, Luttig would be the better pick. Alito ruled that the feds could not regulate the posssession of machine guns, allegedly. That will be all over the Dem ads against him, and fair and damaging comment.
37 posted on 10/29/2005 5:34:26 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
I hope he consulted with Kristol, Will, and Limbaugh before he made his list.

On second thought, he needed only to consult with Ann Coulter.

38 posted on 10/29/2005 5:34:36 PM PDT by OldFriend (Fitzgerald is a Lawrence Walsh wannabe)
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To: Always Right

Specter will support Alito.


39 posted on 10/29/2005 5:35:30 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Torie
Alito ruled that the feds could not regulate the possession of machine guns, allegedly.

If true then Byrd, Nelson and every red state Democrat up for election has no choice to vote for him or face their gun owning constituents

40 posted on 10/29/2005 5:36:19 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Janice Rogers Brown for SCOTUS..... or Alito, Jones, Williams, Sykes, or Luttig)
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