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Sen. Leahy opposes Alito nomination ["I have no confidence that Judge Alito would....]
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Posted on 01/19/2006 8:20:11 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Sen. Leahy opposes Alito nomination
8 minutes ago
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record) of Vermont, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced his opposition on Thursday to Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.
Leahy charged that President George W. Bush's 55-year-old conservative candidate failed to demonstrate at last week's confirmation hearing that he would bring a needed independence to the nation's highest court.
"At a time when the president is seizing unprecedented power, the Supreme Court needs to act as a check and to provide balance," Leahy said in a speech prepared for delivery at Georgetown University Law Center.
"I have no confidence that Judge Alito would provide that check and balance," Leahy said.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; alito; alitovote; leahy; surprisesurprise
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To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:20:40 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Sub-Driver
I have no confidence Leahy could find his own behind with both hands.
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:21:39 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:22:10 AM PST
by
TheBigB
(Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris.)
To: Sub-Driver
Listen you moron jerk, Leahy. It is not about checks and balances. It is about right and wrong.
Something you Democrats no NOTHING about.
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:22:38 AM PST
by
A message
To: Sub-Driver
Well if you really feel that way senator then why don't you filibuster?
To: Sub-Driver
Who cares loser. You do not have the votes now that several Dems have gone soft on you. Alito is SO confirmed.
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:23:33 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(Is there a satire god who created Al Gore for the sole purpose of making us laugh?)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:23:35 AM PST
by
maggief
(Hillary!/Belafonte '08)
To: Sub-Driver
Who in the he!! gives a sh!t?
Pull this post for being irrelevant and totally unworthy of electron use.
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:23:37 AM PST
by
lawdude
(LIEberals/socialists make up facts and history as they go!)
To: A message
To: samtheman
I have no confidence Leahy could find his own behind with both hands. I have every confidence Barney Frank would lend a hand.
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:24:07 AM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Happy New Year! Breed like dogs!)
To: Sub-Driver
The pattern is becoming clear ... a few ever day will announce that they won't vote for Alito, trying to build momentum. The culture of corrpution moves forward.
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:24:17 AM PST
by
Tarpon
To: Sub-Driver
This is news? News would have been if he supported the nomination -- that would have been "stop the presses" type of moment. This is more of the same from the obnoxious RATs.
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:24:51 AM PST
by
PhiKapMom
(Throw out OK's Governor DoLittle in 2006!)
To: samtheman
I have no confidence Leahy could find his own behind with both hands.Oh, he found his behind. It was leaking the same stuff as his mouth.
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:24:54 AM PST
by
ShowMeMom
(America: The home of the FREE because of the BRAVE.)
To: samtheman
To: Sub-Driver
I have no confidence that Judge Alito would... become the raging liberal that Justice Souter has become.
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:25:04 AM PST
by
Tatze
(I voted for John Kerry before I voted against him!)
To: Sub-Driver
And in other news, the sky is blue.....
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:26:00 AM PST
by
Clintons Are White Trash
(Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas , Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd - The Axis of Ugly)
To: Sub-Driver
We don't need someone to "act as a check and provide balance." We need someone to interpret laws in the light of the US Constitution.
If there actually was a need for balance, it would be a requirement that activist judges be overruled when they overstep their commission.
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:26:18 AM PST
by
AbeKrieger
(Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
To: Sub-Driver
surprise, surprise...
and the sun is gonna set today. LOL
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posted on
01/19/2006 8:27:20 AM PST
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots. Semper Fi!)
To: Sub-Driver
The dem concerns about presidential powers are short-sighted. What about when there's a dem. president?
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