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Alito Appears Headed for Confirmation (Alito done for now, witnesses up this afternoon)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/12/06 | Jesse J. Holland - ap

Posted on 01/12/2006 11:00:41 AM PST by NormsRevenge

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To: indianrightwinger

I heard a little of today's hearings. The bar assn. panel gave him a glowing review, which is the dim's "gold standard". The dims will vote against him, but they won't dare block this outstanding nominee!


41 posted on 01/12/2006 12:22:25 PM PST by Dick Holmes
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To: NormsRevenge

Leahy, Biden,Schumer, and Feinstein, the Senate Dems 'Brain Trust'! God save the Nation!

42 posted on 01/12/2006 12:23:23 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: NormsRevenge

The Swimmer, in his dotage, bears a startling resemblance to the late Tip O'Neill.


43 posted on 01/12/2006 12:27:45 PM PST by Inspectorette
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To: NormsRevenge

Aaarggh - the odious Kate Michelman :-((


44 posted on 01/12/2006 12:31:11 PM PST by Inspectorette
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To: NormsRevenge

My long-standing prediction is 57 votes in favor of confirmation, no filibuster.


45 posted on 01/12/2006 12:46:42 PM PST by JohnnyZ (Happy New Year! Breed like dogs!)
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To: NormsRevenge

"President Bush tapped Alito to replace O'Connor, who has provided a decisive vote on issues such as abortion.."

If I had a dollar for every time that abortion was the first "issue" mentioned in an article about judges or the Constitution....


46 posted on 01/12/2006 12:53:14 PM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

Thanks, I just read that article by Slate: it actually made me feel better about Alito (some of the glowing reviews by a few liberals have me wondering).

I like how the writer explains that if Alito had ruled in favor of minorities or criminals "most of the time" he wouldn't have conservative credentials. Which seems to me a statement that it doesn't matter what the facts of a case are, just the number of minorities and criminals he ruled against. I would personally still consider a judge conservative if they mostly ruled in favor of minorities and criminals...IF in each and every case the judge relied soley on the FACTS of the case which bore out their side.

The writer believes a conservative is essentially a bigot.


47 posted on 01/12/2006 1:13:17 PM PST by soloNYer
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To: JohnnyZ
Too low.

It's an election year, and too many democRATS want to look moderate, and some are embarrassed by a poor performance by democRATS during the confirmation hearings.

My guess is 65 - 68 votes to confirm. Maybe more.
48 posted on 01/12/2006 1:17:09 PM PST by GeorgeW23225 ("Grow your own dope. Plant a liberal")
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To: cotton1706

"Why do grown men let their hair curl up in the back like Senator Kohl?? We know there's a Capitol barber. For God's sake, make a visit!"

Biden's hair usually looks too long in the back.

The overall grooming of Republicans exceeds democrats. This televised committee activity shows Republicans as younger, more polite of demeanor, etc.


49 posted on 01/12/2006 1:25:25 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: A CA Guy

Considering that Alito was born in 1950, he would have been of confirmation age (at the time usually between ages 9 and 12)before the start of Vatican II, in which case, he would have received the Sacrament on his knees. The picture you posted is not accurate, unless his confirmation was delayed until he was in his late teens/early twenties. Not to mention, the one doing the Confirmation appears to be a priest, rather the usual bishop.

That being said, I get the humor...but I feel I needed to clarify the inaccuracies of the picture you posted.


50 posted on 01/12/2006 1:33:55 PM PST by jrny (Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Benedicto Decimo Sexto.)
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To: NormsRevenge

"So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel." 1 Samuel 7:13


51 posted on 01/12/2006 1:35:40 PM PST by SwinneySwitch (Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: soloNYer
Lithwick is very confused about the proper role of the judiciary in our society.

A jurist is not there to "tear up the rule book," or provide novel theories that can be broadly applied to create a new, heretofore nonexistent class of rights.

He or she is there to interpret the law as it's written, and to give each party to a case a fair, impartial hearing.

The problem with people like Bazelan, and Lithwick, and the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is that they think we would be a better-perhaps more just-nation if we replaced equality of opportunity with equality of results.

When the truth is that this would not make society more fair-as has been demonstrated by the disastrous results of racial quotas-but less.

How does a judge determine who the "little guy" is?

Is it the petitioner asking for redress because of a discriminatory admissions policy to law school that prevented her from being admitted because she is white?

Or is it the law school defending that policy?

Well, liberals would see the law school as the "little guy," or in this case, little institution, even though their policy benefits upper middle-class African-Americans and other relatively upwardly mobile minorities, while discriminating against non-minority applicants who may in fact come from much more humble backgrounds, as was the case in Grutter.

That's why justice has to be blind, because these sorts of determinations are entirely subjective, and once you start creating ad hoc standards that predetermine which party is right and which party is wrong-before the they even present their briefs-you create an inherently unfair system of jurisprudence.

52 posted on 01/12/2006 1:35:58 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham
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To: truth_seeker

The overall grooming of Republicans exceeds democrats. This televised committee activity shows Republicans as younger, more polite of demeanor, etc.


The same holds true for the rank and file of the two parties. Younger, well-groomed vs. older, dishevelled.


53 posted on 01/12/2006 1:37:14 PM PST by jrny (Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Benedicto Decimo Sexto.)
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To: jrny

True, that picture is merely and example of Confirmation and that is not him.


54 posted on 01/12/2006 1:58:11 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: jrny

What if that is a tall guy and he IS on his knees?


55 posted on 01/12/2006 2:26:16 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: NormsRevenge

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56 posted on 01/12/2006 4:08:46 PM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican; NormsRevenge

I voted... the first two choices shoulda/coulda been one..RBA

thanks for the thread Norm.. this was the first type of hearing like this I have ever followed. Give people a LOT of credit to do this day in /day out


57 posted on 01/12/2006 4:23:46 PM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: DollyCali

Hi DollyCali. Hope all is well with you


58 posted on 01/12/2006 4:25:49 PM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican

Hi there.. haven't seen you since the hurricane threads... hope you & yours are well..


59 posted on 01/12/2006 4:29:48 PM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: A CA Guy

That pic looks a bit more like he's getting an imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday rather than being confirmed.


60 posted on 01/12/2006 4:33:46 PM PST by tellw
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