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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.

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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: Unam Sanctam

People that slur and slime others simply point out their own low character, in my opinion.


41 posted on 10/29/2005 5:36:45 PM PDT by OldFriend (Fitzgerald is a Lawrence Walsh wannabe)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Awesome!


42 posted on 10/29/2005 5:36:53 PM PDT by zendari
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To: dubyaismypresident

For machine guns? How many own those puppies?


43 posted on 10/29/2005 5:37:09 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

I'm planning to stay there next time in NH too.


44 posted on 10/29/2005 5:37:15 PM PDT by Paladin2 (SP Fitz is committing a fraud on the American Taxpayers)
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To: mom4kittys

Actually, I called President Bush and demanded that it be Cox of CA, newly confirmed to be the head of the SEC.


45 posted on 10/29/2005 5:37:42 PM PDT by OldFriend (Fitzgerald is a Lawrence Walsh wannabe)
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To: Luke21

Picking Alito will put pressure on Corizine....who is in a tight Governors race in NJ.


46 posted on 10/29/2005 5:38:01 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Luke21

Nope he will absolutely not. Alito is more clearly pro gun and anti Roe than Luttig. Alito will drive Specter nuts.


47 posted on 10/29/2005 5:38:02 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

My pick is Luttig but Samuel Alito would be great too.


48 posted on 10/29/2005 5:38:03 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Unam Sanctam

well said


49 posted on 10/29/2005 5:38:08 PM PDT by italianquaker (Bush Derangement syndrome coming to a theatre near you)
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To: SubMareener
I think that restriction lead to Harriet Meirs. None of the female originalists wanted the MSM rectal exam.

I could have sworn a big story after Miers was picked about Janice Rodgers Brown not withdrawing her name - an overwhelming pick for a lot of folks out there, last I checked.
50 posted on 10/29/2005 5:38:50 PM PDT by kingu (Draft Fmr Senator Fred Thompson for '08.)
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To: Keith in Iowa
All this wild-arsed speculation is mind-numbing. I wish all these pundits and pundit wannabes would all just STFU and wait for a nomination, and then react. Pre-acting to something like this seems like peeing into the wind to me.

Come on Keith....... No one is tuned in like Jan Crawford Greenburg!(/sarcasm)

51 posted on 10/29/2005 5:39:14 PM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: Keith in Iowa
I put more stock in Nostradamus myself.

Or failing that, the late Rebbe Menachem Schneerson

They've both been more prescient than those pundits with "inside sources," IMO.

52 posted on 10/29/2005 5:39:16 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

I like Alito, but whoever it is, Dubya needs to make this one count. No guarantees that there will be any more picks before the end of his term. I suspect Stevens and Ginsburg will do all they can to hold on until 2009, in the hope that a Democrat will nominate their replacements.


53 posted on 10/29/2005 5:39:35 PM PDT by IndyTiger
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To: Torie
For machine guns? How many own those puppies?

It's not about the caliber, it's about the principle.

The specific type of gun isn't material. If anything it's an emotional issue more than anything else. I can already see the commerical "Ben Nelson voted against a gun rights supporting judge. Say no to Ben Nelson this fall, before he comes for your gun."

54 posted on 10/29/2005 5:39:38 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Janice Rogers Brown for SCOTUS..... or Alito, Jones, Williams, Sykes, or Luttig)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
My money is on Michael Luttig of Virginia.

Good guy.

55 posted on 10/29/2005 5:40:57 PM PDT by JOE6PAK (Make somebody happy. Mind your own business.)
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To: Torie

I agree. While I love Luttig, I would rather have Alito. I am bothered that Luttig helped throw out Virginia's partial birth abortion ban which was clearly allowable under Roe.


56 posted on 10/29/2005 5:42:00 PM PDT by Hoodat ( Silly Dems)
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To: dubyaismypresident

If it's good enough in Iraq that each household is allowed one AK-47, it should be good enough here too.


57 posted on 10/29/2005 5:42:01 PM PDT by Paladin2 (SP Fitz is committing a fraud on the American Taxpayers)
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To: Torie
Alito is more clearly pro gun and anti Roe than Luttig.

Do we know what Luttig's position is on Roe? Is it that he truly has less of an animus towards it than Alito, or that he so far hasn't indicated one way or the other?

58 posted on 10/29/2005 5:42:21 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: voletti
yep. Like removing a pitcher after he walks the bases loaded.
59 posted on 10/29/2005 5:43:32 PM PDT by Mulch (tm)
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To: Always Right
This fight is winnable if he can get McCain, Graham, DeWine, and Warner on board. Chaffee, Snowe, Collins and Specter are lost causes.

You have you finger on it. But you forgot Chuck Hagel. Here is my analysis:

Chaffee, Snowe and Collins can not be counted on. They are more likely to vote with the Dems than against them. This means we really only have a 52/48 advantage.

Graham will support any Bush nominee no matter what. He got crushed under a ton of e-mail when he joined the Gang of Fourteen and to avoid crying in public again he will be on the right side this time.

DeWine will whine about it but will go along for the same reason that Graham did - he was burned bad last time probably costing his son a seat in the House and he won't make the same mistake again.

Specter will make a fuss but go along. He sold his soul to the devil (Frist) to get his Judiciary Chair.

That leaves McCain, Warner and Hagel. We need one of those three votes. I have no idea what any of them will do but a failure to support Bush would mean they are writing off any possible chance at the Presidency. That would affect McCain and Hagel. It is the reason for all of this Gang of Fourteen stuff. McCain is desperate to avoid voting for a real conservative. In the end I think he will go along just to keep his slim hopes alive for 2008. Hagel will make the same calculation.

Bottom line is that we should have at least 51 Republican votes for the nominee whoever he/she is as long as the conservative credentials are rock solid.

60 posted on 10/29/2005 5:43:45 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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