Alito, In and Out of the Mainstream;Nominee's Record Defies Stereotyping

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Alito, In and Out of the Mainstream
Nominee's Record Defies Stereotyping

By Amy Goldstein and Sarah Cohen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, January 1, 2006; Page A01


During 15 years as an appeals court judge, Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. has been highly sympathetic to prosecutors, skeptical of immigrants trying to avoid deportation, and supportive of a lower wall between church and state, according to an analysis of his record by The Washington Post.

Alito has taken a harder line on criminal and immigration cases than most federal appellate judges nationwide, including those who, like him, were selected by Republican presidents, the analysis found.


In civil rights cases, Alito has sided against three of every four people who claimed to have been victims of discrimination, based on the lawsuits in the analysis. Such a record is typical of Republican appointees on federal appeals courts in discrimination cases, the area of the law in which national studies show GOP-appointed judges differ most from their Democratic-appointed counterparts.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/31/AR2005123100328.html

[enki23]

1. are they kidding? he's a "flip-flopper"

how's that for a fucking stereotype? i'm pretty sure i've heard that one before somewhere, and not too long ago.

[aquart]

2. He considers the presidency to be unlimited by measly laws.

Make him go away.

[1932]

3. This was same spin a Republican on NewsHour was putting on Alito

The liberal guest had to point out that there was nothing ambiguous about some of his very conservative statements.

Republicans want to pretend that his extreme right wing shit is balanced by moderate positions, as if to say that it's the average that matters -- like you can average out -1 and +1 to get 0 -- ie, he's no threat to anyone's liberties.

[orleans]

4. alito: puke! n/t

[ngGale]

5. FGS - Alito makes me...

:puke:

[Kelvin Mace]

6. And Hitler

fucking liked dogs.

So we should have overlooked that whole killing six million Jews thing and given the big lug the benefit of a doubt.

God, I hate our media.

[PATRICK]

7. Infers anyone

opposing him does so by stereotyping(bad) which stereotypes the opposition into partisan camps of fanatics. This is stereotypical propaganda support for a phony nominee.

[AX10]

8. phony support for a phonu nominee by a phony "news"paper.

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[depakid]

9. Looky, looky more propaganda from the Post

Amazing that people still read and post material from this paper, as if it's a legitimate source.