Official Alito Hearing Thread – Day 4 – Thread 8

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1. Phillips saying Lui is cherry picking

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2. Sessions has Axlerod rebut him too

One dissenter, better shoot him down. :eyes:

[radio4progressives]

4. One Truth Teller - A Lone Voice in the Wilderness - against

all the Reichbot bootlickers..

[ClayZ]

6. ONE!

Powerful Truthteller among the Geese!

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3. I could not bear to watch when the 'testimionals' came on. yugga

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5. most reporters are saying alito did well and dems blew it (paraphasing)

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7. Most Reporters? You mean Press or Broadcast? and how did Dems blow it?

do they qualify this statement with facts or punditry?

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8. Leahy questioning now...

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9. Issacharoff needs to find a different doctor to do his hair plugs

ewww!

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10. Who is Justice Harland? (sp?)

[phoebe]

17. John Marshalll Harlan methinks..

http://etc.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/harlan_john.html

note this is a Princeton piece on said Harlan

[radio4progressives]

24. thanks! NT

[lyonn]

27. Interesting fellow Mr. Harlan

Skimmed the article as I was watching hearing but it appears Alito would be a fine choice if he could be compared to Harlan. It was the later comments on how he was considered a compassionate, understanding, realistic type person. Those are my words from memory and usually wrong but my impression. Alito does not show any of these traits.

Thanks for the site info.

[radio4progressives]

32. Ok.. just read the Harlan bio - interesting but what does that say

about Alito? not much...

seems like Harlan was of two minds at different points in the course of his life - seems like others, both a "conservative and a liberal" - that he defended (albeit unsucessfuly)Bertrand Russell caught my eye.

again... interesting but...

[slaveplanet]

11. Lui-

Alito said that it was Ok to shoot a fleeing unarmed 8 year old in the back , because law enforcement needs to use maximum force that is at thier disposal.

Alito also ruled that it was ok for Gov to bug without warrant if they promised to turn it off if informant not in room

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12. we need to research this justice harland (sp?) that Alito aspired to

but can't do that until i get the spelling of the Justice's name right...

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13. Kyl up - no questions again... but he has a comment

surprise, surprise. sigh.

[radio4progressives]

14. it was a direct slap in the face to Liu... NT

[DemonFighterLives]

15. Ssshhhh!

Kennedy is up!

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22. Damn phone rang right when Kennedy came up

:tinfoilhat:
Did he say anything new?

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16. Kennedy now

Jury selection cases

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18. My brain hurts - I can't wait till transcript is ready

I may have to go over it a few times.

[sasha031]

19. Oh boy Sessions

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20. Testimony on Alito from Professor Goodwin Liu

I posted this in its own thread but it's important to
know that Alito's judgement is questioned:

Testimony of Professor Goodwin Liu
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the
Nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
to the United States Supreme Court
Submitted January 10, 2006

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/news/Liu_Alito_Testimony.pdf

Liu's primary areas of expertise are constitutional law, civil rights, the Supreme Court, and education policy. Liu is also an investigator with Boalt's new Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity & Diversity. He has published widely on these topics in law reviews and general media. Before joining the Boalt faculty in 2003, Liu was an appellate litigator at O'Melveny & Myers in Washington, D.C. He served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the October 2000 term and for Judge David Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1998 to 1999. Liu serves on the board of directors of the ACLU of Northern California and the American Constitution Society in Washington. He is a Rhodes Scholar and received his B.S. from Stanford University in 1991, an M.A. from Oxford University in 1993 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1998.

snip:

That concern is Judge Alito’s lack of skepticism toward government power that
infringes on individual rights and liberties. Throughout his career, with few exceptions,
Judge Alito has sided with the police, prosecutors, immigration officials, and other government
agents, while taking a minimalist approach to recognizing official error and
abuse. He is less concerned about government overreaching than federal appeals judges
nationwide, less concerned than Republican-appointed appeals judges nationwide, and
less concerned than his Republican-appointed colleagues on the Third Circuit (see Appendix
A). In this area, Judge Alito’s record is at the margin of the judicial spectrum, not
the mainstream. His deferential instinct toward government is at odds with the Supreme
Court’s vital role in protecting privacy, freedom, and due process of law, and it deserves
special concern in light of the questionable tactics being used to fight the War on Terror.

continued

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23. Thanks!

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25. This needs to be archived! thank you! NT

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21. Sessions

wipe that smirk off your face slimeball

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26. Thanks for all your work viva!

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28. next panel - Academics and Colleagues

Last on will be on Vanguard and Abortion - that should be interesting enough to watch.

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35. Tomorrow apparently... NT

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29. Caller going off on Kennedy again

What is this obsession they have? It's very unhealthy.

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33. It's a Freepers One Note Phone Jam Session, I think... NT

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34. DU Should be as Organized as the Freeptards are.. on the C-Span Call In

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30. I had hearing overload and just had to take a nap....

Can anyone tell me how it is going???

[dweller]

31. CBS evening news reporting Borkalito is almost guaranteed in ...

Dems throwing in the towel, all hunky dory.

i missed the hearing coverage here, so i'm off to read the truth in the threads now.

dp

[Rainscents]

36. CBS don't know shit!

Reid came out with statement today... He is meeting with all DEM'S Senators next week regarding judge ALito!

[dweller]

37. is there a thread on Reid's statement?

just finished the hearing threads, didn't see it mentioned.

thanks
dp