Posted on 01/11/2006 7:31:01 PM PST by neverdem
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D.-N.Y.) crafted the following questions for Samuel Alito in hopes, I suppose we're to assume, trap him on the question of a "right" to abortion.
Here's the transcript:
SCHUMER: Does the Constitution protect the right to free speech?
ALITO: Certainly it does. That's in the First Amendment.
SCHUMER: So why can't you answer the question of: Does the Constitution protect the right to an abortion the same way without talking about stare decisis, without talking about cases, et cetera?
ALITO: Because answering the question of whether the Constitution provides a right to free speech is simply responding to whether there is language in the First Amendment that says that the freedom of speech and freedom of the press can't be abridged. Asking about the issue of abortion has to do with the interpretation of certain provisions of the Constitution.
SCHUMER: Well, OK. I know you're not going to answer the question...
ALITO: "NEXT!"
Translation: "I surrender."
I guess Shumer wasn't paying attention during the Robert's confirmation hearings.......
Why do the dems seem to think the "right to abortion" is the only issue?
Hysterical! Schumer doesn't even know he lost. I think the reason Alito has been able to keep a straight face for these past three days is that, as a judge, he's had the training of having to listen to countless hours of BS from lawyers without laughing out loud. Stands him in good stead in these hearings.
Schumer to his financial supporters: "I tried."
"Schumer Gets Schooled on the Constitution"
Its a waste of time.
That Chucky is one sharp tack.
Funny how Mr. Schumer believes that abortion a right expressed in the Constitution like the First Amendment, but has so much trouble with the words in front of him when reading the Second Amendment.
Because of the money coming in from NARAL and Planned Parenthood. God forbid they should lose that funding.
Sadly, no. That was setting up a Schumer sound byte for later. And he'll repeatedly state that Alito repeatedly refused to answer the question.
That said, Schumer is a dupshot (replace vowels with 'i's) and everyone already knows it.
TS
You can't answer ANY Constitutional question without going to precedent. Anyone who has taken high school civics knows this.
I Love it when Chuckie and FatBoy Teddy play the fools. Come to think of it I am one jolly fellow!
"If those senators are there best and brightest I weep for them"
They are the best and brightest *demonrats* so you have to give them a head start.
Well, OK. I know you're not going to listen to the answer... A-Hole!
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