Governor Dean: Alito Not Fit for Supreme Court

[kpete]

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Governor Dean: Alito Not Fit for Supreme Court
Governor Dean:

Today, an outside the mainstream nominee who refused to be forthcoming with the Senate moved one step closer to confirmation. Over the course of his confirmation hearings and through an evaluation of his writing and records, Americans learned that Judge Alito is committed to a radical agenda that threatens Americans’ individual rights and freedoms. Because Judge Alito simply must not be allowed to use a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court to advance that agenda, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee stood together to protect Americans' individual rights and freedoms in voting against this nomination.

While Judge Alito dodged legitimate questions about his judicial record and philosophy, his agenda is clear. His troubling support of unchecked executive power, in light of current scandals over the President's domestic spying program, should concern all Americans. He supports intrusive government power over individual liberties, and has failed to protect crucial Family Medical Leave protections. He used legal technicalities to excuse gross sexual harassment, and supported prosecutors who constructed all-white juries to try black defendants. Worse still, Judge Alito broke his promise to the Senate to recuse himself from cases in which he had a clear conflict of interest-a deeply troubling failure in light of the current Republican corruption scandals.

When the full Senate votes on this nomination, Judge Alito should be rejected."

http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/01/governor_dean_a_1.php?comments=1#comments

[JeffR]

1. Kick

:kick:

[Democrats_win]

2. Good summary of why Elito not fit.

[madfloridian]

3. Well said. Recommended.

:kick:

[shance]

4. Great response by the Governor.

Hopefully our Democratic Congressional leaders will step up to the plate and do the right thing.

[madfloridian]

5. Sure is dropping fast.

I am kicking because people should notice when they do things right.

[tiptoe]

6. k&r

[mom cat]

7. Let me be the fifth..K&R

[Wordie]

8. Dean rightfully points out that it was the broken recusal *promise* that

must be considered. Republicans try to argue (I think Alito himself did also) that it wasn't an important thing to recuse, as he didn't have a say in Vanguard's managment. But that isn't the issue!

The issue is that Alito said one thing, then did another! How can we trust the things he said in his SC hearing, if we know he "forgot" previous promises? A promise to recuse is a serious thing. Judge Alito should not be given a pass on this issue.

Recommended.

[madfloridian]

9. Kick? We want them to fight out loud...

and when they do it drops quickly.