EXACTLY the role a Supreme Court Justice should not occupy.

[kpete]

Justice Alito's conduct and the Court's credibility
By Glenn Greenwald

On a night when both tradition and the Court's role dictate that he sit silent and inexpressive, he instead turned himself into a partisan sideshow -- a conservative Republican judge departing from protocol to openly criticize a Democratic President -- with Republicans predictably defending him and Democrats doing the opposite. Alito is now a political (rather than judicial) hero to Republicans and a political enemy of Democrats, which is exactly the role a Supreme Court Justice should not occupy.

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/01/28/alito/index.html

[sharesunited]

1. I think Scalia and Thomas sent him to heckle.

[madmax]

2. The Supremes were long overdue

for a good bitch slapping. Remember Bush v. Gore

That day, that decision destroyed my faith in the USSC and Justice.

[Demeter]

3. Alito Has Been Public Enemy No. One Since He Rose to the Bench

The fact that it takes the media this long to figure it out is the story here...

[TexasObserver]

4. He needed his emotionally unstable wife sitting behind him, whimpering.

He's the only person ever to win appointment to the Supreme Court because the senate didn't want to make his wife cry.

[Cybergata]

5. Impeach Alito! n/t

[spanone]

6. alito is pissed at Obama for not voting for his confirmation...he's a partisan, activist republican

[Kablooie]

7. Just like the Republicans, they can change the rules indiscriminately without problem.

It don't think there has ever been a time where every Senate bill was filibustered by the minority party. That's new too.