Posted on 01/12/2006 6:26:55 PM PST by RWR8189
Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court represents a grave threat to our fundamental liberties. His record makes it clear that he is a conservative activist who will put his personal ideology above the rule of law.
If Alito replaces Sandra Day O'Connor, a moderate justice who represented the swing vote in many cases, some of our most fundamental rights are at risk. Alito won't stand up to a president's abuse of power. He has said that the Constitution does not protect a woman's right to choose. And he has consistently used the bench as a launching pad for his conservative activism.
Sign the petition below to urge Senate Democrats to stand together and use every means at their disposal to block the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. The results will be shared with Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Dear Democratic Senators:
Let's stand up and fight for what we believe in as Democrats. Samuel Alito should not be on the Supreme Court.
I urge you all to stand together and use whatever means you have at your disposal to block the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
Samuel Alito's nomination represents a grave threat to the fundamental liberties of all Americans. He is an activist who has consistently placed his conservative ideology above the rule of law.
If Alito replaces the moderate Sandra Day O'Connor, who often proved to be the swing vote on important cases, the Supreme Court will shift dangerously to the right, undermining our basic freedoms.
In an era when the president of the United States declares himself to be above the law, it is more important than ever that we have a Supreme Court that fulfills its duty as the ultimate guardian of our rights. Alito's nomination puts those rights in danger, and it is vital that you use whatever means possible to block his confirmation.
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When you get to the Supreme Court, though, you get to rip up the instruction manual and rewrite it.
Yeah...that ruling of his overturning a ban on Partial Birth Abortion and following Supreme Court precedent certainly demonstrates that.
It's the one that lost his home state in the election in 2004.
Get a load of what SkyPilot found here at post 26.
Yeah, I saw that once during the campain. That was funny. Gotta look pretty.
:)
Related:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1557167/posts
End of Alito Questioning Prompts Democrats to Consider Filibuster (Dems Desperate)
If the Senate fillibusters -- the dims will lose seats!!
But maybe they are too dense to realize that!
I'd forgotten about him.
LOL! How LOW can you go?! ha!
Great post, by the way!
...but they may be stupid enough to do it.
True.
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