Samuel Alito ~ Senate Judiciary Hearing [LIVE THREAD] (Day-4)

This morning, Senators will question Judge Alito during a third round. They will then go into a closed session, to review the FBI background investigation on the Supreme Court nominee. Outside witnesses may be called to testify this afternoon, as well as the American Bar Association, to discuss its recommendations.

Leahy just said that the President's actions will come before the Supreme Court

In W's words... BRING IT ON!

1,661 posted on 01/12/2006 10:07:46 AM PST by JFC (W, I am with YA)

Leahy wants to be sure Alito will be a check and balance?

And I want to be sure Leahy doesn't leak anymore.

1,662 posted on 01/12/2006 10:07:54 AM PST by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)

LOL! My kind of brother-in-law

Shades of clintoon speech. Say whatever you want, as long as you are a RAT. Why let facts get in the way?

Senator DEPENDS: "You and I both know that the President is not above the law."

What kind of idiotic, pandering, sophmoric blather is that?

1,666 posted on 01/12/2006 10:08:30 AM PST by King David (SCOTUS.... it's not just for liberals anymore.)

1,667 posted on 01/12/2006 10:08:40 AM PST by Howlin (Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts. - GWB, 12/18/05)

Leahy's just cheesed because Miers' withdrawl meant that they had to deal with Alito. Heh heh heh.

1,668 posted on 01/12/2006 10:08:49 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)

They remind me of that lackadaisical student who keeps asking for an extension on his paper, even though he realizes that it won't do him any good.

1,669 posted on 01/12/2006 10:09:07 AM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham

1,670 posted on 01/12/2006 10:09:11 AM PST by jackv (just shakin' my head)

They couldn't find a coherent thought between them.

Did Sen Spectre endorse Alito or not?

1,672 posted on 01/12/2006 10:09:14 AM PST by Broker (COD Phlyer)

Leahy wants to be sure Alito will be a check and balance?

Hey Leaky?!? He'll be "The Gavel", as in Sammy "The Gavel" Alito.

1,673 posted on 01/12/2006 10:09:21 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper ("Tucker Carlson could reveal himself as a castrated, lesbian, rodeo clown ...wouldn't surprise me")

1,674 posted on 01/12/2006 10:09:52 AM PST by AliVeritas (DNC - The longer the nose, the more we expose. No Costco, it's Sam's Club for me.)

My god! Who IS that?

He didn't say but I'm sure he will. Much as I don't trust Specter, he knows what'll happen if he goes against the nominee.

1,676 posted on 01/12/2006 10:10:21 AM PST by ilovew ("We are living through a watershed moment in the story of freedom." GWB 12-14-05)

I wish Kennedy would run for POTUS so that we could all see just how mainstream he is.

Been there. Done that.

After several years as a senator, Ted ran for president in 1980 but did not receive the democratic nomination. He lost the nomination to the incumbent Jimmy Carter who would subsequently lose to Republican Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election.............. In addition to losing the bid for the democratic nomination in 1980, Ted Kennedy also was involved in the incident at Chappaquiddick in 1969. Kennedy was driving with a campaign staffer, Mary Jo Kopechne, on Chappaquiddick Island after an event at which he had been drinking. Both were involved in a car accident when the car went over a bridge. Mary Jo Kopechne drowned in the incident and Ted Kennedy’s involvement has been the source of much controversy.......... Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign also suffered from a great deal of bad press. At one point during the campaign, Kennedy referred the Shah of Iran's government as "one of the most violent regimes in the history of mankind." This led some to the impression that Kennedy was siding with the Iranian militants who had taken American hostages in 1979............ The second and most damaging public blunder occurred when Ted Kennedy appeared in an interview on CBS television with reporter Roger Mudd. Mudd asked Kennedy questions about the Chappaquiddick incident and Kennedy was evasive and stumbled over his words. Also when asked, "why do you want to be president?" Kennedy seemed totally incoherent and unresponsive.......... Many commentators point to this CBS interview as the most damaging moment of Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign. After the interview, Kennedy dropped substantially in the polls and Carter won the first ballot confirmation. Kennedy has never since run for President but continues as an influential Senator in the U.S. Congress.

Is this lunch? What time are they returning?

"Last time I checked, *SHE* withdrew her name, not President Bush."

You're right. Leahy's WRONG!

Leahy's a prime candidate for a mental health check.

1,679 posted on 01/12/2006 10:10:37 AM PST by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)

Last time I checked, *SHE* withdrew her name, not President Bush.

Technically, probably both. She can't order a nomination in or out, so she expresses to the President "out," and he expresses to the Senate "out."

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