Posted on 01/26/2006 11:40:02 AM PST by jmc1969
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, whose confirmation seems certain in the Republican-run Senate, padded his modest Democratic support Thursday with endorsements by Sens. Robert Byrd and Tim Johnson.
Alito already was assured the votes of the 55 Republicans in the 100- member chamber enough to be put over the top when West Virginia's Byrd and Johnson of South Dakota joined Nebraska's Ben Nelson in saying they'll vote yes.
Alito would become the nation's 110th justice, replacing retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Throughout her years on the high court, she often has been a key fifth vote on contentious social issues including abortion, affirmative action and the death penalty.
"I am troubled by Judge Alito's apparent views on matters such as executive power, his past opposition to the principle of one person, one vote, and his narrow interpretation of certain civil rights laws," Johnson said. "Even so, I cannot accept an argument that his views are so radical that the Senate is justified in denying his confirmation."
Johnson and other senators also are advising Democratic leaders against attempting a filibuster, the only chance the minority party would have to stop Alito's confirmation.
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Three-fifths of Senators duly chosen and sworn, so it is a certain number of votes. AS the Senate now has 100 members, duly selected and sworn, exactly 60 votes are needed to pass a cloture motion.
This is similar to watching a play develop and the actors all take their positions. It is as you say, so transparent.
The DUers are going wild about this. hahahah
I do not trust Lieberman. He supports the WOT, I believe, only because he's Jewish and worries about the survival of Israel. In this, at least he is right. Also, Israel needs Bibi immediately!
Read some of Sheets speeches on the Iraq war. He is not a harmless old man who votes party line. He deserves no praise from me. He is simply acting out his part in the demo playbook while realizing he may have a tough election coming up. He is too old to run an active campaign.
Sen. Frist does, too. I write to him because, as a California Republican, I do not have competent representation in the Senate.
Considering Byrd's age, you should throw in a VP choice, also. If you are talking a fantasy Presidential race.
Who knows what they'll do. I rarely surf over there, because I've never found a crazier or more hateful bunch of complete pyschos than are on DU!
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