CONFIRMED!
Next.
i agree
just gop bashing
i want to hear schumer explain why the bar is no longer the gold standard of approval....it was b4 for him
I'm so damn proud of W for nomintaing these intelligent, well-grounded men for SCOTUS. They might not always rule the way some conservatives want, but you can be sure they will follow the law and the Constitution. That's all we can ask.
The problem for the Dems is that Alito is a smart and impartial judge, and while he may take the "conservative" side more often than not, he has well reasoned rationales at his fingertips. In an ironic way, Alito's paper trail helps him.
The Dems don't seem to have the stomach for a Roe/son of Roe (("Roe") jihad, and although Schumer exploited rather well Alito's 1985 comment that there is no right to abortion in the Constitution, there is now a well trod path for those skeptical of Roe to take, to keep the final endgame in doubt: Griswald is OK, there is a right to privacy in the Constitution, precedent is important, ignoring it to create disruption is bad, blah, blah, blah. At the end of the day, the Roe fans just can't fashion a case as to whether the answers are genuine or disingenuous.
And the Dems can only go so far in trashing inherent Presidential powers when it comes to waging war, and it gets rather obscure in a hurry.
My secretary said the senators seemed stuck on stupid, and into soporific repetition. I told her it was a sound byte and attempt to influence public opinion thingie. She said the public square doesn't need it. They can get it the first time. I told her I had some doubts about that. And so it goes.
I wonder if Biden was calmer than ususal because of the Italian vote, but then it didn't slow Schumer down. I wonder how the senators from New Jersey will vote, particularly Menendez. Italians seem to be somewhat volatile voters in the Northeast.