"Judge Alito's Radical Views" Editorial, NYT. EXCELLENT!

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Editorial
Judge Alito's Radical Views

Published: January 23, 2006


If Judge Samuel Alito Jr.'s confirmation hearings lacked drama, apart from his wife's bizarrely over-covered crying jag, it is because they confirmed the obvious. Judge Alito is exactly the kind of legal thinker President Bush wants on the Supreme Court. He has a radically broad view of the president's power, and a radically narrow view of Congress's power. He has long argued that the Constitution does not protect abortion rights. He wants to reduce the rights and liberties of ordinary Americans, and has a history of tilting the scales of justice against the little guy.<snip>


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There is every reason to believe, based on his long paper trail and the evasive answers he gave at his hearings, that Judge Alito would quickly vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. So it is hard to see how Senators Lincoln Chaffee, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, all Republicans, could square support for Judge Alito with their commitment to abortion rights.

Judge Alito has consistently shown a bias in favor of those in power over those who need the law to protect them. Women, racial minorities, the elderly and workers who come to court seeking justice should expect little sympathy. In the same flat bureaucratic tones he used at the hearings, he is likely to insist that the law can do nothing for them.

The White House has tried to create an air of inevitability around this nomination. But there is no reason to believe that Judge Alito is any more popular than the president who nominated him. Outside of a small but vocal group of hard-core conservatives, America has greeted the Alito nomination with a shrug - and counted on senators to make the right decision.<snip>
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/23/opinion/23mon1.html?hp

[savemefromdumbya]

1. NYT doesn't like him much

[wordpix]

4. that is clear, yeah!

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. Obviously!

:bounce:

[AX10]

2. EXCELENCE IN JOURNALISM from the New York Times!

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NOMINATED!

[wordpix]

3. stop shrugging, Amerika, and start saying NO to Scalito & filibuster!

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Good

I wonder who will read it. Hopefully people will change their minds. :\

[Wordie]

7. K&R

[linazelle]

8. "...an air of inevitability .." That captures their deception perfectly..

Alito is not a done deal. At least this article makes that clear.

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. It sounds to me like the Democrats are going to filibuster!

We HAVE 41 Senators to support it. :)

[Czolgosz]

10. K + R - Great editorial!

[Nutmegger]

11. Wow NY Times, I'm a little impressed...K & R!!! n-t