Republican Senator Questions Alito's Views on Abortion Ruling (Snowe)

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a6MJbA7D2Wi8&refer=us

Republican Senator Questions Alito's Views on Abortion Ruling

Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Republican Senator Olympia Snowe said there is a ``major question'' whether U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. would respect precedents and vote to uphold the high court's 1973 decision legalizing abortion.

Snowe said she asked Alito in their private meeting today to explain his comments in a 1985 memo that the Constitution didn't contain a right to abortion. Meanwhile, Democrats took the Senate floor to argue that Alito's 15-year record as an appeals court judge suggests he is a conservative ideologue.

One of a handful of Republicans who support abortion rights, Snowe said Alito's nomination is a ``pivotal moment'' because he would succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a key vote to uphold the Supreme Court's 1973 abortion decision in Roe v. Wade. Republicans control the Senate 55-45.

``We would hope that the force of the law and precedent that's been established will be something he abides by,'' Snowe of Maine told reporters in Washington. ``That's a major question and one I will have to give careful consideration to.''

[ck4829]

1. I wish we could go back to the days when all Republicans were like her

According to what I've heard, she's a True Republican.

[bigscott]

2. If maine has to have

republican Senators, Senator Snow is a good one - for a GOPer that is

[JuniorPlankton]

3. When was the last time she didn't go with the rest of the pukes?

It's just posturing, at the end of the day she WILL vote the party line.

:mad:

[Kolesar]

4. She held out on a tax cut for fiscal reasons

That may have been when Voinovich made a bitch. So they got $350 Bil for the rich people instead of $700 Billion.

[HillDem]

5. She is a true RINO

Partial birth abortion, assault weapons, clinton impeachment, gay rights, social security-- just to name a few.

We all would rather see a true progressive in Maine, but sheesh give the lady a break.

[Isere]

7. I agree!

Has she ever voted "NO" on one of Bush's retrograde judicial nominees?
I don't think so.
If anyone knows otherwise, please step forward.

[AndyTiedye]

6. Too Small a Handful

One of a handful of Republicans who support abortion rights

That is the problem. There are only 4. That still leaves 51, and we know what that means :nuke: