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Alito Is Sworn in for Supreme Court
AP on Yahoo ^ | Jan 31, 2006 | Jesse J. Holland

Posted on 01/31/2006 10:28:22 AM PST by katieanna

WASHINGTON - Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. was sworn in as the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice on Tuesday after being confirmed by the Senate in one of the most partisan victories in modern history.

Alito was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts in a private ceremony at the Supreme Court building across from the Capitol at about 12:40 p.m., EDT, court officials said.

Alito and his wife, Martha-Ann Bomgardner, along with other members of the court and their spouses, attended the ceremony in the justices' conference room. The 55-year-old New Jersey jurist took both the constitutional and judicial oaths so he can immediately participate in court decisions.


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To: don-o
Thank you Eyeore.

"Ah suppose Ah can only do what Ah can do."


21 posted on 01/31/2006 10:36:09 AM PST by detsaoT (Proudly not "dumb as a journalist.")
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To: Red Badger
He's in for LIFE! They can't touch him now.........

Frankly that's what bugs me about the process.

22 posted on 01/31/2006 10:36:24 AM PST by HarleyD
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Now, let's not be ugly. I like Sandra Day O'. Really, I do. I don't agree with her on abortion, but, she was right on Bush v Gore. She wrote that instructions for using ballots were posted in the polling places in Florida. You know she's right about that. She's a sweet lady.


23 posted on 01/31/2006 10:36:46 AM PST by katieanna (Money is a good servant but a bad master.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

I felt it was pretty selfish of the Dems in the US Senate to prolong this nomination process for so long... it took what seven months.


24 posted on 01/31/2006 10:36:47 AM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Amen! Now she will have time to devote to her ailing husband.

That, and have something of a retirement of her own. It always seems sad to me that when people get appointed to this court they never retire, they keep working till the day they die. They don't have to, of course, they're not REALLY the American Popes, though it often seems like they are. But I think the power is like Turkish Delight to them. Can't let go.

25 posted on 01/31/2006 10:38:41 AM PST by Flavius Josephus (Enemy Idealogies: Pacifism, Liberalism, and Feminism, Islamic Supremacism)
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To: marajade

"I felt it was pretty selfish of the Dems in the US Senate to prolong this nomination process for so long... it took what seven months.

INdeed. She's been wanting to be with her ailing husband.


26 posted on 01/31/2006 10:38:50 AM PST by katieanna (Money is a good servant but a bad master.)
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To: marajade

Your memory is WAY off. It may seem that way, but Bush didn't announce the Alito nomination until October 31. It might work out to seven months if you add the Harriet Miers misstep.


27 posted on 01/31/2006 10:38:50 AM PST by linda_22003
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To: katieanna

Excellent!


28 posted on 01/31/2006 10:39:10 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: katieanna

YIPPPPPEEEEEE!!!!


29 posted on 01/31/2006 10:40:51 AM PST by Wolfstar (Someday when we meet up yonder, we'll stroll hand in hand again, in a land that knows no parting...)
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To: katieanna

I'll not miss her for a second.


30 posted on 01/31/2006 10:42:24 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: katieanna

I'll not miss her for a second.


31 posted on 01/31/2006 10:42:26 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

"OK, Ruthie and John Paul, time to retire."

Both of these are near or over 80 and reportedly in poor health. Can you imagine the screaming of the Flying Monkeys if Bush gets to nominate four Justices. Schumer and Biden will tear out their plugs.


32 posted on 01/31/2006 10:42:36 AM PST by Inwoodian
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To: katieanna

The problem with O'Connor was that she was a politician in a courtroom. We're supposed to have judges in a courtroom.


33 posted on 01/31/2006 10:45:14 AM PST by jjmcgo
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To: katieanna

Should have waited and done it tonight at the start of the State of the Union speech.


34 posted on 01/31/2006 10:45:46 AM PST by jbwbubba
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To: katieanna
Notice how he describes it as a "partisan victory", as if the partisanship was somehow only characteristic of the Republicans? Or am I reading too much into that?
35 posted on 01/31/2006 10:45:57 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: katieanna

Sandra is a nice lady, she just came down with DCitis. They all do. Kennedy's case appears terminal.


36 posted on 01/31/2006 10:46:12 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: linda_22003

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/publicinfo/press/oconnor070105.pdf

Her retirement letter is dated 7/1/05. Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb. Sorry one day short of seven months.


37 posted on 01/31/2006 10:46:39 AM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: jwalsh07

I thought maybe it has to do with AZ... Goldwater, McCain, and O'Connor.


38 posted on 01/31/2006 10:47:49 AM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: marajade

All of the blame was laid at the Dems' feet, though. They weren't the ones who squabbled over Miers until she had to be withdrawn.


39 posted on 01/31/2006 10:48:32 AM PST by linda_22003
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To: jjmcgo
"The problem with O'Connor was that she was a politician in a courtroom."

That's a good description of her. Several times, in major cases, her legal mind led her to one conclusion, but her ear for how things would play out in the press - or simply her fear of making waves - caused her to vote another way. This is why the logic of some of her decisions is so tortured.
40 posted on 01/31/2006 10:48:41 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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