Posted on 10/31/2005 5:17:44 PM PST by KCRW
But Judge Alito also brings with him to this process a universally-accepted reputation as a rock-ribbed conservative jurist who is not afraid to get out in front of the curve when it comes to the types of social issues that get the president's base foaming at the mouth.
For example, he is to the right of the Court's current majority when it comes to abortion rights — he voted for a marital notice provision in an abortion law early in his career as a judge — and his ascension to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's seat would immediately narrow that majority in practical ways.
If he gets to the Court in time, he might even have a say in the pending abortion rights case this term that will determine whether Congress can ban a certain type of late-term abortion procedure.
Alito also could change the Court's fragile balance when it comes to Establishment Clause cases involving religious symbols on public property. He's already on the record as favoring a weakened wall between church and state.
Moreover, he is on the record as favoring a strong executive branch at the expense of both Congress and the judiciary (and many would argue "civil liberties"), which relates directly to the current administration's stance toward the legal war on terror. ........
Alito is strong enough to get a hearing but not strong enough to warrant the deference the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the Senate as a whole, offered Roberts. If you are looking to the radar screen for signs of dark skies and bluster ahead, the Alito nomination is simply the perfect storm. A looming Category 5, nasty, spitting, roiling, barking dogfight. .......
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
As you can see from this article- clearly CBS is trying to influence America on how to think and feel about Alito.
Unfortunately for Democrats- Conservatives no longer roll over and play dead when challenged. Alito is our challenge and we will fight for him
HAPPY SCALITOWEEN YOU DIRTY RATS!! Bawhahhahahahhaa...YOU AIN'T seen NOthing yet!!
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I thought it was an editorial/opinion of left wing nuts.
Wow, this is supposed to be objective legal correspondent's analysis?
Pathetic state of Media these days....
What is this sicko obsession with the murder of the innocent by the MSM and lefties.
Megadittos on that one. If a Supreme Court justice refuses to strike down a state law about x, that doesn't mean he's in favor of x. It just means he sees nothing in the Constitution to prohibit x, hence the decision about x is up to the state.
And what might this certain procedure be, I wonder? Hmmmm? Not wanting babies stabbed in the neck is NOT an extreme position, CBS!
Profit. Just like the slave trade.
I think that this is an excellent headline. Bush gave liberals a trick and conservatives a treat for Halloween.
Oh. We "foam at the mouth."
Are the moronic liberals at CBS writing for DU now?
Good way to put it! :-)
I am extremely pleased with this pick. Now, I hope the RINOs won't screw up!
To the head of the class my fellow FReepers. You know something that [probably] 80% of US citizens don't. The difference in the functions of the three branches of government. Scary, isn't it?
" Now, I hope the RINOs won't screw up!"
Well, if Alito is Sacilian, then he can make RINO's an offer they can't refuse.
Now there's some unbiased analysis. The crack(head) legal analyst at cbs is on the job. SHEESH!
When Stevens drops Bush can nominate Edith Jones. The dems will fulminate, bluff and bluster and signify nothing.
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