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Samuel Alito ~ Senate Judiciary Hearing [LIVE THREAD] (Day-1)
Senate Judiciary ^ | 1-9-06 | Senate Judiciary

Posted on 01/09/2006 4:31:12 AM PST by OXENinFLA

Alito Hearings Set to Begin

Today the multi-day confirmation hearings for Samuel Alito begin. They are expected to last all week, possibly into Saturday. First up will be a series of opening statements by the eighteen members of the Senate Judiciary Cmte. After that comes the introduction of Samuel Alito and his opening statement.

C-SPAN 1 ~ MON., STARTS AT 11:30AM ET


NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on the nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for Monday, January 9, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. in the Senate Hart Office Building Room 216.

Chairman Specter will preside.

Witness List

Hearing before the

Senate Judiciary Committee

on

The Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Monday, January 9, 2006

Hart Senate Office Building Room 216

12:00 p.m.

PANEL I

The Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg

United States Senator [D-NJ]

The Honorable Christine Todd Whitman

Former Governor of New Jersey

Former Administrator

Environmental Protection Agency

PANEL II

The Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr.


OTHER LIVE LINKS

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: 109th; alito; alitohearings; judicialnominees; judiciary; scotus; senate; super; superduper; superduperduper
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To: Cboldt

Just watched that--to his credit, Specter seemed genuinely angry. Loved what he said at the end of his statement: " Let's not run the fellow out on a rail, as seems to happen a lot in this town!"


1,141 posted on 01/09/2006 1:09:49 PM PST by milagro
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To: Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin

Well the civil war was about slavery, economics and principles. The land in the south was becoming less productive and the slave owners wanted to be able to sell their slaves to the Western states. The north felt that the compromise in permitting slavery in the first place should not stand any longer. So it was more than contrariness, IMHO


1,142 posted on 01/09/2006 1:10:28 PM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: Cboldt

I was listening on the radio...at first he sounded nervous but it seemed that soon left his voice. He sounded great, a very engaging personality.


1,143 posted on 01/09/2006 1:10:33 PM PST by Dolphy
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To: milagro

Even Specter knows how to cover his assets.


1,144 posted on 01/09/2006 1:11:11 PM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: saveliberty

DeLay on with Sean right now.


1,145 posted on 01/09/2006 1:11:37 PM PST by Fudd Fan (God bless President Bush! (Water Bucket Brigade member - MOOSEMUSS!)
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To: publiusF27
... how did the Rybar discussion go?

No discussion. Schumer (IIRC) brought it up as an example of extremism, as one of many cases where Alito was "extreme in dissent." Alito can answer that one when he gets the opportunity. Today's stuff was nothing but opening statements, with no back and forth for rebuttal and counter-argument.

1,146 posted on 01/09/2006 1:12:02 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

"Specter's comments here will make the news."

I truly hope the comments do get wide news coverage. They should. However, I'm thinking that many reporters have lost their backbone when it comes to reporting what's right.


1,147 posted on 01/09/2006 1:12:23 PM PST by Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin
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To: milagro

C-Span schedule tonight: Beginning at 8pm EST Judge Alito's statement, open phones, then complete replay of today's hearing.


1,148 posted on 01/09/2006 1:12:27 PM PST by Carolinamom (If you pursue happiness, you'll never find it. ---C.P. Snow)
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To: Fudd Fan

Thanks for the update :-)


1,149 posted on 01/09/2006 1:12:52 PM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: Mo1
NRO cleared up the Kennedy minority comment.

From the liberal think tank Center for American Progress, an e-mail on Ted Kennedy's statement that "Judge Alito has not written one single opinion on the merits in favor of a person of color alleging race discrimination on the job." "The operative word here is 'written,'" the e-mail says. So it appears that the Kennedy argument is not that Alito has not voted in favor of minority rights in cases of persons of color alleging race discrimination on the job -- Republicans have cited four cases in which that happened -- but that he has not written those opinions.
1,150 posted on 01/09/2006 1:13:09 PM PST by Republican Red (We will stay steadfast, we will not falter, we will never murtha)
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To: davidosborne

BTTT


1,151 posted on 01/09/2006 1:13:35 PM PST by E.G.C.
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To: Dolphy

He was not without humor, too. Was real worried when he first came to the mike--thought he was coughing too much--but then he gave a great opening statement. Think most people will see a humble guy with a good mind--not a raving "right wing nut case" like the MSM tries to make conservatives out to be.


1,152 posted on 01/09/2006 1:13:41 PM PST by milagro
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To: Republican Red

That's ludicrous!


1,153 posted on 01/09/2006 1:14:12 PM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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To: Cboldt
Hatch live on C-SPAN expressing concern that many DEMs on the panel, and some of the GOP, seem to already have their minds made up. I think he raises the GOP "examples" to avoind the appearance of being partisan.

The only ones that talked today were the Senators

Good Grief ... nothing like being beyond obvious of being a tainted jury

1,154 posted on 01/09/2006 1:14:41 PM PST by Mo1 (Republicans protect Americans from Terrorists. Democrats protect Terrorists from Americans)
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To: saveliberty
I do worry about the filibuster vote ...

I just don't see it in the cards. Alito's nomination and hearings will be used, OTOH, to create sound bites by the DEMs, as "reasons" why the Republicans must be defeated. I expect vicious rhetorical attacks, but the vote will go forward. Bark worse than bite, and similar cliches apply.

1,155 posted on 01/09/2006 1:15:23 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Fudd Fan

Could you tell me what he says? I can't find a station here that carries Sean live.


1,156 posted on 01/09/2006 1:15:50 PM PST by ilovew ("We are living through a watershed moment in the story of freedom." GWB 12-14-05)
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To: All

Off subject. Just heard on local radio that Marcus Vick has been arrested, again. Brandishing a firearm this time.


1,157 posted on 01/09/2006 1:16:03 PM PST by old_sage_says (Reading FreeRepublic each day is as normal to me as my "morning constitutional".)
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To: Carolinamom

Thanks! I LOVED what Coburn had to say--hope there'll be a link to a transcript. He really "unwrapped" the abortion rights crowd as being all about convenience, not conscience!


1,158 posted on 01/09/2006 1:16:10 PM PST by milagro
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To: OXENinFLA
Well I am proud of Senator Doctor Tom Coburn, Texas Senator Croyne, Kansas Senator Brownback and one or two others.

Finally someone came down on the hypocrites calling themselves Dimocrats.

Corburn burned the hell out of these immoral lots like Illinois Senator Little Dickless Turdbin, New York Senator Chuckie Smucker and others.

I thought Corburns speech about the brutality of killing an unborn child and saying that those who purport killing these babies are the same ones who scream loudest about civil rights.
1,159 posted on 01/09/2006 1:17:12 PM PST by OKIEDOC (There's nothing like hearing someone say thank you for your help.)
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To: Republican Red
Republicans have cited four cases in which that happened -- but that he has not written those opinions.

Sounds like Kennedy pulled a Clinton ...

1,160 posted on 01/09/2006 1:17:21 PM PST by Mo1 (Republicans protect Americans from Terrorists. Democrats protect Terrorists from Americans)
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