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Alito expected to move court to right
The Washington Times ^
| 16 January 2006
Posted on 01/15/2006 3:41:36 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
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Mr. Justice Alito...got a nice ring to it!
To: Aussie Dasher
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He's warming up.
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
01/15/2006 3:45:10 PM PST
by
minus_273
To: Aussie Dasher
Earl Warren Warren Burger David Souter Alito expected to move court to right
We'll see.
To: Aussie Dasher
The only radicals I know are left wing nuts. Take a look at that Vermont judge....60 days for raping a 4 year old for years!! And the state wants treatment for HIM!!!! President Bush is a conservative, it is his right to nominate whoever he pleases.
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To: Aussie Dasher
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. is poised to join a tradition of pragmatic justices who have moved the Supreme Court to the right in measured steps. Two comments: He will likely move them more towards literacy than conservatism; and it would be surprising if he does not substantially improve the quality of written decisions - O'Connor was horribly convoluted and vague where she didn't need to be.
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posted on
01/15/2006 3:51:09 PM PST
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: wolf24
To: Aussie Dasher
Alito expected to move court to right
NOOOOOOOOOOO ... SAY IT AIN'T SO !!!
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To: Aussie Dasher
... almost nothing was learned in Senate confirmation hearings about Judge Alito's views on transcendent issues likely to come before the court, such as abortion.
tran - scen - dent
1 a : exceeding usual limits : SURPASSING
b : extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience
c in Kantian philosophy : being beyond the limits of all possible experience and knowledge
2 : being beyond comprehension
3 : transcending the universe or material existence
So abortion is beyond comprehension according to The Washington Times? Wow, what an admission.
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posted on
01/15/2006 3:58:23 PM PST
by
Brujo
(Quod volunt, credunt.)
To: Blue Turtle
"President Bush is a conservative, it is his right to nominate whoever he pleases."
Although I think, from his record, that Judge Alito is a conservative, the President that nominated him is not. Sure we got a tax cut, but the spending that he approves, and the spending that he allows, and the fact that there is not less, but more federal government, and more federal government influence on our lives since President Bush took office pretty much disqualifies him as a true conservative.
Conservative tendencies? maybe. Strong on defense? sure. Cutting of Welfare spending? nope. Giving education control, ANY education control, back to the states? nope. Fixing Social Security? He talked about it, but nope. etc...
I've said it before, if it wasn't for the war, President Bush would have a real problem with his base supporters. But, who knows, if it wasn't for the war maybe things would have been different.
Anyhoo, I'm hoping Judge Alito's big contribution to the SCOTUS is to put activist judges in the lower courts in constant turmoil.
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posted on
01/15/2006 3:59:11 PM PST
by
raynearhood
("America is too great for small dreams." - Ronald Reagan, speech to Congress. January 1, 1984.)
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
01/15/2006 3:59:49 PM PST
by
SmithL
(Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Lift up your gates and sing, Hosana in the highest! Hosana to your King!)
To: SmithL
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:00:35 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher
One would certainly hope so, but one never knows. That is what makes life intersting.
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:01:31 PM PST
by
Torie
To: Aussie Dasher
Advice to our liberal friends:
Invite a strict constructionist to lunch. Giving up your obsession with the ACLU will give you new confidence (and new brain cells).
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:05:23 PM PST
by
Liberty Wins
(Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of all who threaten it.)
To: Aussie Dasher
Actually, the court won't be moved to the right overwhelmingly. Too many conservatives think that Sandra Day O'Conner was a clone of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. O'Conner wasn't the worst of them. She did oppose government takeover of private property, for example.
It's the next vacancy that will really decide the future of the Court. Let's hope it happens while Bush is still in office and the GOP still controls the Senate.
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:11:49 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(Sam Alito Deserves To Be Confirmed)
To: Aussie Dasher
To: conservativecorner
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posted on
01/15/2006 4:16:30 PM PST
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: Aussie Dasher
Nah....I think he'll move them more to the CONSTITUTION....which is WHERE they SHOULD BE!!! sheesh.
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posted on
01/15/2006 5:17:17 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Here in the Seattle area.....It's time to build Arks.)
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