Posted on 01/31/2006 4:38:57 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
WASHINGTON — Twenty-five years ago, President Reagan came to Washington with bold plans to move the Supreme Court to the right.
He and his lawyers wanted a high court that would uphold state laws that impose the death penalty, restrict abortion and allow a greater role for religion in public life. They favored property rights over environmental regulation, states' rights over broad federal authority and executive power over Congress and the federal courts.
Now, with the Senate about to confirm Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., a second generation of Reagan disciples stands ready to fulfill the former president's vision for the court.
Senators voted 72 to 25 Monday to cut off debate and end a filibuster against Alito's confirmation, and are expected to approve him today as President Bush's second Supreme Court appointee.
Alito, like Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., was drawn to the conservative ethos of the Reagan administration in the 1980s. Both men worked in Reagan's Justice Department and as advocates for the administration before the Supreme Court.
This year, both were promoted for the high court by a network of former Reagan lawyers, including his onetime attorney general, Edwin M. Meese III, who hold influence with the Bush White House. And some of Reagan's former advisors see the elevation of Roberts and Alito as the culmination of a long drive to put Reagan's conservative stamp on the high court.
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The Left will just say he's going to use it to burn down a black church.
Say what you want about Bush, but these guys are home runs. Of course, Miers was a double play grounder.
They're more than squirmin'! LOL
The Left will just say he's going to use it to burn down a black church.
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Excellent! and you are probably right! The ThugoRats are such pathetic slobs and losers. They are doing their best to dismantle America and they are finding that the majority of REAL Americans don't want that to happen. Loving every minute of it.
Yes, squirm and run back under their rocks. Another 30 or 40 years of solid conservative leadership should put their kind to rest for good, I hope.
For once I sincerely hope the LAT is right.
We know! That is why America supports him so much.
Reagan disciples. I like the way that sounds.
God bless The Great Ronald Reagan.
Who were the Senators that voted AGAINST?
Hypothetical game.
Ten years from now, Constitutionalists are hating the extreme leftward slide of a)Scalia, b)Thomas, c)Roberts or d)Alito. Which is it?
Great line!
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Clarence Thomas is the only judge who IMHO puts the Constitution first and foremost in his decisions. Scalia's not as bad as the other five [the two aditions are too new to judge], but of the judges predating the latest appointments, Thomas is the only one who really deserves to be there, IMHO.
Now the borders, that's another issue.
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