the kneejerk criticism of Alito by Freepers on this drives me nuts. few know what was argued or even what the ruling means, and just fixate on the ALLIANCE WITH THE LEFT, which is ridiculous.
Which is exactly what the media wanted to happen. The AP cherry picked this decision and set the headline and the tone of the article in such a way as to attempt to ruin the good mood the right was in after this confirmation and the SOTU. And it looks like they accomplished what they set out to do.