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Bush: Judge Samuel Alito is new choice for Supreme Court nominee
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Posted on 10/31/2005 3:12:28 AM PST by kcvl

Per Fox News...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: alito; antoninscalia; billofrights; bush; catholic; civilrights; constitution; courts; judge; judges; judicialrestraint; justice; miers; newjersey; originalintent; presidentbush; rights; scalito; scotus; supremecourt; uusconstitution; whiningdems
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To: AFPhys
imposing a "litmus test" for experience is unConstitutional,

The Constitution is a document that restricts the power of the federal government. How can FReepers, writing on a message board, in any way shape or form do something unconstitutional?

demanding a certain political leaning is unConstitutional, etc.

We weren't demanding a political leaning. We were demanding an originalist scholar.

1,021 posted on 10/31/2005 6:16:48 AM PST by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: magua

Amen to that. 8) This is sure a much better legacy to have than clinton: "white water, bluenski dress, raised taxes, gutted the military, secrets to the Chinese, allowing terrorism to take the world without any resistance". Bush will have the legacy of returning the Supreme Court to a majority of Judges who are beholded to the Constitution, not liberal "judges" beholden to liberal socialist ideals who confuse themselves with Congressmen.


1,022 posted on 10/31/2005 6:17:32 AM PST by Allen H (Remember 9-11,God bless our military,Bush,& the USA! An informed person, is a conservative person.)
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To: AFPhys
With the "conservative movement's" abandonment of any pretense that the nomination process should be governed by what is written in the Constitution, a whole host of other "moderate" Republicans are now released from even lip service to considering that to be important.

I don't buy your premise that a call for the President to withdraw the Miers nomination before hearings is an affront to the Constitution. Neither does any other serious student of the Constitution and the nomination-confirmation-appointment process.

And any GOP Senator who attempts to float an argument on that premise is foolish. Not only is it baseless in fact and history, it is self-destructive.

1,023 posted on 10/31/2005 6:18:13 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: AFPhys
There is only one reason that Brownback and other conservatives demanded the clearly executive-privilege-protected documents from the White House, and that was to deny her a vote.

That's not true. I know Sam and discussed this issue with him, and he promised Miers and up or down vote.
1,024 posted on 10/31/2005 6:19:07 AM PST by GarySpFc (Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
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To: Allen H

Ginsburg is not in very good health.


1,025 posted on 10/31/2005 6:20:26 AM PST by GarySpFc (Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
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To: JCEccles
Was I just imagining that Ann Coulter, David Frum, Charles Krauthammer and a lot of others were conducting a campaign to pressure Bush to withdraw the nomination, including TV advertisements demanding that he withdraw her? Please correct me if I am wrong.
1,026 posted on 10/31/2005 6:21:46 AM PST by ekwd (Murphy's Law Has Not Been Repealed)
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To: tapatio

WOW! It is very comforting to hear this great speech from Senator Graham.


1,027 posted on 10/31/2005 6:21:50 AM PST by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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To: newzjunkey

The third Justice from the Trenton NJ area.


1,028 posted on 10/31/2005 6:21:51 AM PST by bvw
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To: GarySpFc
Naturally as a Catholic you would approve of 5+ Catholics on SCOTUS. There has not been one Evangelical nominated since 1930.

First full disclosure, I'm Catholic.

Second, my first choice would have been Edith Jones, not a Catholic.

Both are good conservatives. I suspect Edith was waylaid by the gang of 14 and Arlen Spector because of her outspoken views on Roe and the role of religion in the founding of this country.

But Alito is a fine pick.

Let's judge the nominees on the content of their character and their judicial philosophy, not on the church they attend.

1,029 posted on 10/31/2005 6:23:19 AM PST by jwalsh07
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How does this DUmmie really feel?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2200496

HAHAHAHA


1,030 posted on 10/31/2005 6:23:45 AM PST by KavMan
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To: Bahbah; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...
http://www.wjgr.com/default.aspx

Heads up BRIT HUME to be a guest on Laura Ingraham's show soon.
1,031 posted on 10/31/2005 6:24:31 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: calrighty

I think I shall have to use it as my tagline for a bit. 8)


1,032 posted on 10/31/2005 6:24:59 AM PST by Allen H (Remember 9-11,God bless our military,Bush,& the USA! A sad ACLU, for a better America!!!)
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To: Allen H

please see my post #948 that quotes the President's public statement when he switched the Roberts nomination to apply to Rehnquist rather than O'Connor.

I think you are right that vacancies by death take precedence over vacancies by resignation, especially when the resigning O'Connor offered to stay on the court until her replacement was confirmed.

What few people know is that if the SCt Term had opened with the center chair vacant, John Paul Stevens as the senior member of the court in years served would have been acting Chief for administrative purposes: assigning who will write opinions, for example. Obviously conservatives did not want Stevens filling that role for any length of time, so the Rehnquist seat needed to be filled quickly.

But now that Roberts is Chief he is the "senior member" of the Court--the Chief is considered the senior member of the Court regardless of how many years he has actually been on the Court.

I used to work for a lawyer who argued a few SCt cases so I know all kinds of stuff like this.

I think Scalia was probably very disappointed, but he is a lightning rod figure now and could not have been confirmed as quickly as Roberts. Bush really needed to get a Chief before the First Monday in October because of the Stevens situation I explain above.


1,033 posted on 10/31/2005 6:25:02 AM PST by romans828
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To: lonevoice

Looking real good.


1,034 posted on 10/31/2005 6:25:24 AM PST by Pride in the USA
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To: KavMan

Feel the love! LOL


1,035 posted on 10/31/2005 6:25:38 AM PST by maggief
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To: Fishtalk
I think it's more if the SENATORS have the gonads.

The President has the bully pulpit and failed to use is his entire first term.

I'm still pissed about Miguel Estrada.

Because if there's one blazing fact to emerge from the Miers flap, it's a message, loud and clear, to the RINO's in the Senate. Especially those seven who undermined the party and went out making deals on their own.

The President had every opportunity to consolidate and direct those constituencies who brought the content of the Miers nomination to light against the Lindsay Graham's of this world. Instead, he backed an aged and ailing Arlen Specter against an up and coming Pat Toomey.

AS WELL AS Frist and others scared and reluctant to invoke what was called the "nuclear" option. They were too afraid of bad press.

If you think the President had nothing to do with choosing Frist in the first place you weren't watching carefully.

I am waiting, with bated breath and unlimited interest, to see a John McCain go gallvanting all about and talking this nominee down. Conservatives across the country made it know that they considered the Miers nomination a wussy thing to do.

And we'd better well get started making it unmistakeably clear to Senator McCain that life will be very painful if he doesn't line up and salute.

1,036 posted on 10/31/2005 6:25:50 AM PST by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are REALLY stupid.)
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To: Sloth

You're wrong.

Two "conservative" Senators on the Judiciary Committee TOLD the White House that they would NOT vote Miers out of Committee if Miers' work-related documents were not released to the Senate. These two knew the Constitutional problems with that, and clearly made the play to deny Miers her vote.

Though there are other similar articles, see Krauthammer's article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506622/posts

By the way, I also believe it is unConstitutional for the Judiciary Committee itself to stop a vote for the nominee by its ability to deny sending the nominee to the Senate.


1,037 posted on 10/31/2005 6:26:01 AM PST by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: nralife

Libertarians will not be overly pleased with Alito, his views on open borders, religious displays on public property and abortion do not accord with the Libertarian Party much at all.


1,038 posted on 10/31/2005 6:26:10 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: duckln
GANG OF 7 ???

Sounds like a job for...


1,039 posted on 10/31/2005 6:27:05 AM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: Deo et Patria
Also, would it be possible to substitute a gavel for the gun in Pacino's hand?

I have all the lettering done. The gavel is do'able....but it will have to wait until after breakfast and coffee. It looks good so far.

1,040 posted on 10/31/2005 6:27:38 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (This space left intentionally blank)
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