[Cicero]

Of course, if President Bush has his way and Alito becomes the second Italian American in 20 years to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, the two judges may not be penning dissents for long.

Sounds good to me.

[andie74]

And it reduces Alito to his ethnicity and his conservatism.

I'm not sure that is all that terrible...

[hershey]

May the last sentence its way to God's Ears.

[Verginius Rufus]

Wouldn't Alito become the second Italian-American justice in 216 years? None of the other justices, apart from Scalia, have names that look Italian. (Cardozo was of Sephardic Jewish ancestry.) Unless someone else had a mother of Italian ancestry, Alito would be the second ever.

[CT]

Having most recently insulted millions of Catholics and driving more into the GOP, The Moonbats at MoveOn.Org and Chuckie Schumer decide to work on Italian Americans.

[TeenagedConservative]

The two men may share a vowel at the end of their last name.

? S-C-A-L-I-A. --- A-L-I-T-O.

[Condor51]

I know one thing, "Scalito" thinks we should all have MACHINE GUNS (I like this guy).

US v Rybar

I kidding 'sort of'.

He wrote the dissenting opinion in Rybar and that by the precedent set in "Lopez" the majority erred and also by Lopez, Congress really overstepped its bounds when it outlawed "Machine Guns" (which I did not know) under their Commerce Clause powers. (Scroll down to the end for his opinion)

I read the whole thing and I think Scalito, aka Machine Gun Sam, likes saying "Machine Gun". He uses it a gazillion times.

[El Gato]

, if the media takes its cues from the press release manufacturers at the Democratic National Committee,

Don't they always? Heck I thought they are the PR department of the DNC.

[Bean Counter]

I've heard this so-called nickname bandied about all day long, and it sounds to me like it is simply a way to begin to smear this man about his Conservatism. NBC News tonight was quick to point out the similarities between Alito and Scalia, specificaly that they are both Itralian (gasp!) and Catholic (PAPISTS!!).

There is nothing respectful about that nickname.

[rcocean]

I get a little tired of this ridiculous labels, and and vague terms.

Liberal, Conservative, Open to interpretation, doesn't make laws, etc.

All meaningless.

Does he believe in the right to privacy?
What is HIS definition of "congress shall not establish a religion"? Does it mean what Madison meant it to mean, or does it mean what Earl Warren said it meant?
Does he support banning school prayer based on the first amendment?
Does he believe the 14th Amendment and the 1965 civil rights act bans all discrimination based on race or does he support affirmative action?
Does he believe illegal immigrants have a constitutional right to government services?
Does he believe as O'conner did, that the SCOTUS should not draw bright lines and in Scalia's words "never say never"?
Does he believe that the courts have to step in when the legislature does do the right thing?