Bush: Judge Samuel Alito is new choice for Supreme Court nominee

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[kcvl]

Per Fox News...

[Tree of Liberty]

Roberts, Scalia, Thomsas, Kennedy

[GOPJ]

As far as the up-or-down vote thing goes, one notes that the problem conservatives had with the up-or-down vote requirement was that the Democrats were denying Senate votes on judicial nominees who had already been vetted, and reported out of the Judiciary Committee. At no point in time has the issue been that every presidential nominee, no matter how unqualified, must be accepted without dissent from the moment of nomination.

Thanks for an important clarification.

[timpad]

Nicknamed "Scalito" for views resembling those of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

Can I get a Hooahh?

[Allen H]

Well, I'm an "evangelical? Christian, and so long as Mr. Alito is a strict constructionist Judge and is conservative, I could care less if he's Catholic or Protestant. He clearly takes his faith seriously, so as far as I'm concerned he's on the same team as I am, and that means we both answer to the same person. That's all that matters. I LOVE Scalia, always have, always will, so if having Alito means having another Scalia, then BRING IT ON!!! 8)

[1Old Pro]

Chucky and Leahy must be "deeply saddened." HA!

No kidding. If they were smart they would have told Bush they didn't even need hearing and just confirmed Myers by unanimous consent.

Instead, they reveled in the "dissent" about Myers and now they find themselves with a real liberal nightmare....a real, known, conservative, originalist.

[nicmarlo]

Schumer's very upset over this...saying the President should have picked a nominee that would unite Americans blah blah blah.

Schumer, of course, does anything but unite New Yorkers, much less Americans, himself.

[B Knotts]

Well...not JRB, but very good nonetheless.

[monkapotamus]

[ekwd]

"Sad inability to reason properly" though it may be, when the Dem's threaten to filibuster the Alito nomination they are going to point out that a lot of conservatives worked very hard to pressure Bush to deny her an up or down vote by withdrawing the nomination and will use this to support their refusal to let Alito have an up or down vote. It won't matter whether it is true or not, it is going to take a lot of serious lawyering to convince the public that the conservative pundits can logically take both positons. I don't have to be convinced. Now that Alito is the nominee, I want him confirmed too.

[jwalsh07]

Amen bro!

[ekwd]

Agreed.

[B Knotts]

Yep. I was very much against Miers, but am quite happy with the nomination of Samuel Alito.

[Mo1]

KENNEDY STATEMENT ON NOMINATION OF JUDGE SAMUEL ALITO TO SUPREME COURT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1512529/posts

[Pharmboy]

Yep--BRING IT ON you lib/socialists! We are ready to throw down on this one...

[Albion Wilde]

I can hardly wait for comments by Reid, Schumer, Kennedy & Leahy - the four stooges!

Let's not forget Dianne Feelingstein.

[B Knotts]

Scalia, Thomas, Roberts and Kennedy.

[Allen H]

Totally correct. Bush was in a "Git r' done" pinch, and making Roberts the Chief Justice was the easiest way to do that. Scalia would have made an AWESOME Chief Justice, but it was would have made things VERY complicated.

[Dane]

He's a good pick. Already see that harry reid is mad.

[ohioWfan]

Any supporter of Miers who thought the President would go with Gonzales don't understand the man at all.

This is exactly what I thought he would do when Miers failed, because when it comes to the judiciary he IS a conservative.

[Bean Counter]

Excellent!!

The only thing that Schumer and Co. can oppose him on is his conservatism; and that will not fly.

Fight's on!!