Lawmaker: Alito's record detrimental to Hispanics

[Algorem]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3586765.html

By SAMANTHA LEVINE
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - Hispanics have fared poorly under Judge Samuel Alito's judicial philosophy and likely would continue to do so if he were confirmed to the Supreme Court, U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, testified at the judge's confirmation hearings Friday.

Gonzalez, a former district judge who chairs the Congressional Hispanic Caucus's Hispanic Judiciary Initiative and its Civil Rights Task Force, said Alito has an alarming record on issues of import to Hispanics, including constitutional protections for illegal immigrants, civil rights and employment discrimination.

Alito's judicial philosophy "reflects an approach that can conveniently ignore precedent and favors strained readings of the law to the detriment of individual rights," Gonzalez said.

He added that the Hispanic caucus has found it hard to comprehend how President Bush "could not identify a single qualified Hispanic judge to be nominated to the Supreme Court."...

[Surya Gayatri]

1. Yes, what a sad irony...

As was posted from the Boston Globe on another thread:

"He should not be sent to the Supreme Court, where he could reverse the progress this nation has made toward lifting precisely the kinds of barriers his father struggled to overcome."

His tenure on the Court would certainly see the erosion of "protections for illegal immigrants, civil rights" and an increase in "employment discrimination."

IMO, he is a power-seeking traitor to his origins. SG

Edit: In fact, it was you who posted the Boston Globe piece over there, Algorem!