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To: Torie
I'm not so sure.

He kept harping on the fact that Alito doesn't believe in a "constitutional right to choice."

In other words, a Constitutional right to abort unborn children, which I'm pretty sure most Americans don't agree with either.

Charles Schumer doesn't play well West of the Hudson.

2,726 posted on 01/10/2006 3:41:01 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham; MNJohnnie
The NY Times agrees with my take, so there:

"To a large extent, Judge Alito's success at skating though a good deal of the day reflected the quality of the questioning. The senators frequently did not follow up on their own queries, and Mr. Biden in particular devoted most of his 30 minutes to talking, leaving little time for the nominee to speak.

"Mr. Schumer, whose questioning left Judge Alito looking wobbly and pale, was an exception, as was Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, who pressed him on his views about the Supreme Court's authority to overrule precedent. Early in the day, Judge Alito said there "needs to be a special justification for overruling a prior precedent."

The point I guess is that one MSM source and I agreed on the dramatic highlight of the hearings.

Alito will cruise to confirmation absent some shocker. Alito does not strike me as a guy who will afford some to the usual suspects. He's just a brilliant and cautious and principled nerd. Yawn.

2,968 posted on 01/10/2006 9:20:08 PM PST by Torie
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