Alito: Ultra-Conservative

[pberq]

Here's something from the People for the American Way showing Alito's true colors.

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=19970

For Immediate Release: 11/14/2005

New Document Shows Alito’s Devotion to Ultra-Conservative Causes

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Today’s Washington Times article on Judge Samuel Alito’s job application for a new position in the Reagan Justice Department demonstrates his devotion to ultraconservative causes, and contradicts administration attempts to cast him as a mainstream conservative, said Ralph G. Neas, President, People For the American Way. He had the following comments:

“According to the report, Judge Alito’s letter shows fervent allegiance to virtually every pet cause of the radical right. He opposes a woman’s constitutional right to reproductive freedom. He appears to disagree with longstanding Supreme Court decisions underlying the ‘one man, one vote’ principle for drawing voting districts. He sees a role for government in ‘protecting traditional values,’ which is often right-wing code language for letting the government interfere in private decisions about medical care, religion and private sexual conduct.

“And unlike Chief Justice John Roberts, Alito says these are his own strong personal views, and not just those of the administration he was working for.

“Combined with his judicial record, Judge Alito’s letter underscores our concern that he would vote to turn back the clock on decades of judicial precedent protecting privacy, equal opportunity, religious freedom, and so much more. And it is further evidence that if Samuel Alito is confirmed to replace Sandra Day O’Connor, he will shift the Supreme Court dramatically to the right for decades to come.”

[bryant69]

1. Well

I don't have too much hope that we can actually stop the Alito Nomination, but I have twice as much as I did a month ago. We need to turn the issue to executive power; Alito believes in the executives power to do pretty much whatever it damn well feels like. With all of the recent troubling revelations, I don't think the American people are going to be as enthusiastic about that particular position.

Bryant
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[pberq]

2. Exactly. Executive power must be the issue.

This is an email I go from the "The Pen" <[e-mail]>

HE NEXT TWO WEEKS WILL DECIDE IF DEMOCRACY WILL SURVIVE

Bush is now completely and certifiably out of control. But to remove the last
restraint on the creation of a new American dictatorship they must install one more lock down
vote on the Supreme Court, in the person of Sam Alito.

Despite Alito's extreme right wing voting record and lifelong ideological agenda,
nobody expects him to show up at his hearing sporting a tail and horns wearing a red suit.
Instead he will lie and evade like some Wal-Mart smiley face, just as he did when in
his confirmation for the Court of Appeals he promised to recuse himself from cases
involving his own investments. Then he fought to do precisely otherwise. He will make
absolutely any misrepresentation of his views and his agenda to try to sneak past public
accountability yet again, while his record shouts otherwise. And only your voices speaking
out now can turn the tide against this judicial coup.

http://www.usalone.com/alito.php

We are planning a two-stage action. First with the action page above we will build a
consensus that ANY replacement for Sandra Day O'Connor must be no worse than a true
moderate and centrist. Then after the conclusion of the hearings we will speak out AGAIN
on specific question of the final vote in the Senate. Please submit every possible
action page you can get your hands on, and keep speaking out until we prevail, just as we
did on ANWR and the torture prohibition.

But remember that Alito was the author of the tactic of Bush trying to spin acts of
Congress with so-called "signing statements" in hopes that some future Supreme Court
(including now guess who) would give them weight over the will of the people. And Bush did
just that with the anti-torture bill, declaring that he really didn't consider himself
bound at all. Every day from now on must be STOP Alito day, otherwise our democracy is
doomed.