Posted on 01/10/2006 4:14:05 AM PST by OXENinFLA
Curious what he is suppose to say about a purely hypotetical situtation. Without the specifics of a case all a Justice CAN do is make general genaric statements. Anything else and he is going to be stomped on for pre judging the case. Alito is straight on. We are in a new form of warfare. Trying to stretch old legal definations and laws to cover Terrorism is dumb. You simply cannot treat Terrorists a citizens who have merely comitted crimes. Criminals are still citizens with rights. WE, as a society do NOT want to catch them after the fact, we have a right to DEFEND ourselves from them acting. However as NGO;s we cannot declare war on them. We need to develop new legal methods and structures for dealing with them. The President has made his case. The Congress has made theirs. Some one will have to bring a legal case and try it up the ladder to the SC. That is why we have a system of checks and blanaces. It is SUPPOSE to help us resolve these sorts of issues
I saw that too. Very touching. I wish Cornyn had let him finish his sentence, but perhaps it was for the best.
LOL! YES! either a coma- or in a corner sticking hot rods in my eyes.....
LOL!
Cornyn is bringing in some good points on Roe .
Bump.
Maggie had to face Neil Kinnock. OK, so Kinnock was much more original than Biden; he still wasn't fit to carry Maggie's handbag.
Simply amazing to compare and contrast Democrat appointees treatment by Republican Senators with this disgrace. Another reason why no Democrat should ever be allowed to hold any measure of any power anywhere until the whole 60s Generation of radicals are dead.
Yes where is King Kong and those other monsters of my childhood when you need them.
yes- it may have been for the best-- it looked like he could have really let some emotion out there....
he is probably emotionally drained and tender by now after THIS day....
who could blame him.....
The Republicans are telling the Democrats to "bring it on" if they want this hearing to be about Roe V Wade.
Cornyn continues to go back to referring to Sandra Day O'Connor as the Model Supreme Court Justice, then shows how she agreed with Rehnquist 80% of the time, overturned rulings on Affirmative Action and basically undid the legal reasoning behind Roe. Brilliant.
ROFLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
He was supportive of the administration's position regarding military detention in the Padilla case.
Is there a list speakers in order somewhere?
No nominee of either party should be forced to go through such a disgusting, insulting gauntlet.
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I wonder if a nine hour grilling of an alQaida detainee would be allowed by the new McCain anti-"torture" legislation?
Alito is definitely on par with Roberts.
Cornyn was a Judge. He's very good.
Leave it to a Brit to remind of our absolute founding principles. Thanks, Ivan. (I have an Ivan, we call him Vanya)
Indiana state representative has a bill in the hopper to outlaw abortion save for the life of the mother in his state.
This is what it will take. Get it passed. Get it struck down, appeal. Take it to SCOTUS.
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