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

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[kcvl]

Per Fox News...

[Mo1]

Rumor has it that Casey will run on a pro-life stance with a wink wink from Schummer .. but that if elected .. he will voted pro- choice

[RWR8189]

Cornyn: PFAW has issued a fatwa against Alito...

lol

[romans828]

This is absolutely correct. The so-called "controversial" section of the Act struck down in Casey is about husband notification, not husband consent (although husband consent is a perfectly valid idea).

There was an exception when the husband was not the father (although there is always the legal presumption that the husband is the father of any pregnancy in a marriage) or if the pregnancy was the result of a marital rape that had been reported to the authorities.

This Dem talking point (what if she was raped, what if the husband was not the father) is already out there so we need to have facts on our side.

copied from Rehnquist's dissent in Casey: (I don't know how to create clickthrough links here but the url is http://www.abortionfacts.com/court_cases/casey/rehnquist_2.asp on the Heritage House Abortion Facts site)

Section 3209 of the Act contains the spousal notification provision. It requires that, before a physician may perform an abortion on a married woman, the woman must sign a statement indicating that she has notified her husband of her planned abortion. A woman is not required to notify her husband if (1) her husband is not the father, (2) her husband, after diligent effort, cannot be located, (3) the pregnancy is the result of a spousal sexual assault that has been reported to the authorities, or (4) the woman has reason to believe that notifying her husband is likely to result in the infliction of bodily injury upon her by him or by another individual. In addition, a woman is exempted from the notification requirement in the case of a medical emergency. 18 Pa.Cons.Stat. § 3209 (1990)

[epluribus_2]

Miers was hit by a pitch - from her own team. Alito is the pinch batter who is leading the league in RBI's.

[GarySpFc]

Kristol just stated on Fox News he was very happy with this pick.

[small voice in the wilderness]

People for the American Way has issued a fatwa against Judge Alito....

BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!! snort..BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[kjam22]

Miers was hit by a pitch

More like she was hit by a tactical nuke from friendly fire.

[LS]

I predicted after Miers withdrew that it would be forever impossible to nominate AG because of the issues of "Executive Privilege" which was the rationale given for Miers' withdrawal.

[mainepatsfan]

And the Dems don't have that dominant closer to get him out.

[frankjr]

LOL. I just heard Cornyn's fatwa comment as well.

Here is the fatwa wording:

http://bench.nationalreview.com/archives/081317.asp

[j831526]

EXCELLENT CHOICE!

Here's a quote from the article just posted in the on-line edition of "The Washington Post". It's an excellent example of using judicial restraint within the context of existing law. I think this is the proper type of legal logic I've been arguing for.

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Citing previous opinions of O'Connor, Alito wrote that an abortion regulation is unconstitutional only if it imposes an undue burden on a woman's access to the procedure. The spousal notification provision, he wrote, does not constitute such a burden and must therefore only meet the requirement that it be rationally related to some legitimate government purpose.

"Even assuming that the rational relationship test is more demanding in the present context than in most equal protection cases, that test is satisfied here," he wrote.
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[hipaatwo]

Rumor has it that Casey will run on a pro-life stance with a wink wink from Schummer .. but that if elected .. he will voted pro- choice


I heard that. I HATED his father. My best friend knew him personally. She was a dem then and said he was a rotten, backstabbing S.O.B.

[Recovering Hermit]

Scooter Libby - Scooby Lewis...

At least they got the syllables correct.

[maica]

As if we like Ginsberg. Sheesh. It's about time the GOP learns to oppose judicial nominees who indicate a willingness to legislate from the
bench. The fact that the GOP didn't do that with Ginsberg is a black eye for the GOP.

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Sorry, I missed all the objections to HM that she would legislate from the bench.

[kjam22]

He probably had that written a month ago. Probably has one for several of the possible nominees.

[shrinkermd]

Yes, thanks for the explanation on "consent" versus "notification" in respect to husbands and abortion.
Good work.

[Romish_Papist]

That is indeed a conservative outcome. Sounds like whomever wrote that piece was trying to label conservatives as fascists.

[netmilsmom]

>>You catholics can have the supreme court, as long as we get to keep the presidency. :)<<

This is the best! I agree fully.

Evangelical in the Executive Branch and Catholics ruling the Supreme Court, WooHoo!

[mathluv]

Part of a rope-a-dope on W's part?

[blinachka]

Excellent choice! I am pleased and look forward to the hearings...Popcorn time! :)

It's going to be fun to watch Schumer and Biden and the rest of those leftist clowns make fools of themselves yet again.