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

Senate Judiciary ^ | 1-12-06 | Senate Judiciary

[OXENinFLA]

Day 4: Hearing Resumes

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.

THURS., 9:00AM ET, C-SPAN

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[Jrabbit]

Here come da judges!

[syriacus]

Witness: ABA does not "do politics."

Schumer: If someone out of the mainstream, ABA rating would not show that?

[newnhdad]

Chuckie is touting "out of the mainstream"..

[maggief]

[saveliberty]

:-) Now I do wish I had Harry Potter's magic wand. LOL! Or at least have Hagrid pay the Senate Dems a visit

[PerConPat]

ABA interviewed over 2,000 people. The final report weighed 11 lbs.

And thanks to DiFi for asking a great question regarding the ABA listening for problems in Alito's testimony since hearings began. Answer: no problems detected. I'll bet Ted and Chuck etc. were just thrilled with this line of questioning.

Now, Schumer is now discrediting his former "Gold Standard." I love it.

[rwa265]

"So you're saying they might find some dirt on teddy? Snort!"

Along with some alga, I would imagine.

[bkepley]

Graham has been great this week.

Graham would vote for Bush's impeachment. He should stay off the NSA and torture questions until he's in a forum where Bush can defend himself.

[Carolinamom]

Surely Kennedy has to pay taxes on his senator's salary, doesn't he?

[Soul Seeker]

Depends.

On the Dem aisle their list of witnesses have the potential to do damage--to themselves. Might be better for them not to testify.

On Alito's side it bolsters his case for confirmation to have strong character witnesses that include ABA (known to be Leftward tilt in past), as well as sitting Liberal and Conservative Judges. The Dems want an excuse to filibuster, delay or vote no. These Judges, particularly the Liberal Judges on the Circuit, damage their excuse considerably. If anything, it takes an already strong hand and encases it in steel to have their testimony included.

[syriacus]

I forget which lemming-o-crat objected to the idea of pro-Alito judges appearing before the committee.

[ilovew]

He would never vote for President Bush's impeachment. He KNOWS he'll lose his seat if he does anything else like the stupid gang of 14 agreement. And I'm already working on that anyway.

[saveliberty]

LOL And I know what an 11 lb manual looks like. I have on my desk a 12 lb manual (double sided paper-- ask ABA if they printed only single sided)

[samadams2000]

Never trust a $3 bill if you know what Im sayin.

[eeevil conservative]

LOL! I meant Mr E.C. (Mr eeevil conservative...)

LOL!

[saveliberty]

I thought he refused his salary. At least he did for a while. The trust pays him.

[retrokitten]

If I had Harry's wand I would repeatedly poke Schumer and Durbin with it.

[Lovergirl]

LOL!!!

[cgk]

Anyone know what "alitoakbar" in the keywords is supposed to mean?

[saveliberty]

LOL! I was thinking the pig's tails actually