[surely_you_jest]

In explaining his opposition to the Alito nomination, Mr. Obama said that Judge Alito’s record showed “extraordinarily consistent support for the powerful against the powerless” and “for an overreaching federal government against individual rights and liberties.”

The first is not a Constitutional concern, per se. Only the second is. Either Sen Obama is as ignorant of the Constitution and interpretative rulings as he is of his own family history, or he is in favor of legislating from the Bench. Neither is good.

[Tex Pete]

“for an overreaching federal government against individual rights and liberties.”

Since when did that matter to a liberal?

As far as I know, only when the government is trying to stop evil.