Bush: Judge Samuel Alito is new choice for Supreme Court nominee

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[StarCMC]

Also there is some pressure on the President to replace a female Justice by a female nominee

Who cares about gender? I am SO sick of reading this I could scream!! ARGH!! (But that's just me I guess.)

[mware]

Damn how about that a real conservative for the Supreme Court and he is from New Jersey. Will wonders ever cease

[TSchmereL]

This week is going to be so much better than last week. I feel like I am becoming manic!

No more waiting on Fitzgerald for nothing. No more wondering about Miers. Harry Reid in on the defensive. Democrats are wondering what the hell happened. Rush Limbaugh promises to be on fire all week. Hoorah!

[rhombus]

If Whitey had to just face a Mass court he wouldn't have had to go on the lamb

I guess that's one argument AGAINST states rights.

[Always Right]

Quick name me the SCOTUS person who is currently an Evangelical? Who was the last one? An accident?

I really don't care what religion they are.

[mainepatsfan]

Louisiana being another.

[TonyInOhio]

My personal hope is that Ruth Ginsberg steps down in the next year or so, and that President Bush's THIRD SC pick is someone like Janice Rogers Brown.

From your lips to God's ears, my FRiend.

[Allen H]

If Reid was part of a majority, or even a relevant minority that actually had solutions or spoke for most of the American people, then his being upset about Alito might have mattered. But as it is, Reid represents a minority of the people in the country, in his state, and the democrat party is devoid of ideas and is the party of no, so his disappointment in Alito matters not. I hope all the demorats are constipated over Alito getting the nod. They seem constipated all the time anyway.

[ekwd]

Exactly what leverage does Bush or conservative pundits have over the "gang of 14" now?

[upchuck]

See #214 re Lindsey.

That is interesting and I'm glad to read his rationalization.

But that doesn't excuse his traitorous behavior.

He and his buddies tried to cure a major problem with a band-aid. Yes, they got a couple of lower court judges confirmed. But now we're right back where we started.

The RATS are going to fight hard, very hard, against Alito. I expect Alito to get out of the committee and then the RATS will filibuster in the Senate.

I agree with Lindsey when he said,

I'm not for filibustering. I think when you start ideologically driven filibusters that are partisan, you erode the people who want to serve over time in the judiciary because it becomes reprisal politics. `We're going to pay back the Democrats.' So partisan filibusters based on judicial philosophy or ideology erode the judiciary, weaken the presidency and hurt the Senate.

He's really calling out Frist here. If, back in the spring, Frist had grown some cojones, corralled the RINOS and gotten the Constitutional option passed, Judge Alito's path would be much easier.

This does not change my basic opinion that Lindsey must go. He and his "Gang of 14" buddies are traitors and should be charged and tried as such. Unfortunately, that won't happen. So tossing his ass out of the Senate at the next election will have to suffice.

[Bird Jenkins]

We need to start reminding the 7 Rinos early and often that we have them on a short leash, (we need a couple of quick tugs on it this morning to remind them just how short)

Hopefully Bush already put in a phone call to McCain and got some reassurances. If not, I'm a little worried the Gang of 7 RINOs will fold like a cheap tent.

[txrangerette]

Mitchell told a whopping lie when he stated that Republicans started judicial filibusters.

He was talking about Abe Fortas and LBJ. Fortas was a crony of LBJ, and a crook. The Senate was not going to pass him, not even out of committee, and he was opposed by Senators from both sides of the
aisle.

I guess because the Majority Leader was Republican...was it Ev Dirksen?...so long ago I forget...supposedly it was a Republican "filibuster"...which never took place because Fortas withdrew.

Of course, not one of the Fox anchors called him on the lie.

[sinkspur]

I'm so glad Kristol approves...belch

Better find out what Frum thinks. He has a veto, too, you know.

[tomnbeverly]

Yes, The President is an extremely smart man. It was the smartest possible play. nominate Miers who Reid supported. Yet no Democrat came to her defense when the GOP started their muted grumblings. Have her step down.. Now nominate a true documented conservative and the Democrats when they kick and scream do so from the platform of "You wouldn't support anybody that GWB nominated"

Again the Dems look like party poopers and the country will rally to support the President..

This was Brilliant...

[conservativepoet]

McCain indicated this morning he really liked this pick.

[paltz]

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.

oooohhhhh the left reeeeaaaallly hates him for this one.

[bill1952]

[mosquitobite]

Uh, elections in 2006? DeWine is up.

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[advance_copy]

Whoo! Hoo! Good job President Bush!

[mathluv]

It will depend on who is up for re-election, and if they are from a red or blue state.