October 31, 2005
An Extremist!
I'm ready to rumble...
Bush Picks Alito for Supreme Court - Yahoo! NewsWASHINGTON - President Bush, stung by the rejection of his first choice, nominated veteran judge Samuel Alito on Monday in a bid to reshape the Supreme Court and mollify his conservative allies. Ready-to-rumble Democrats warned that Alito may be an extremist who would curb abortion rights.
Were the opposition smart, they'd compliment the pick and watch the conservatives worry about endorsements from Ralph Neas and Senator Dodd... SCOTUS Posted by John Kranz at October 31, 2005 10:36 AM
I heard a liberal special interest spokesman (pardon me, spokes"person") say that Alito has written that the government "has no business prohibiting ownership of machine guns." I take this to mean the judge disputes the constitutionality of the Federal Firearms Act of 1934 and/or the more pernicious amendment to it in 1986. If so, that's a big mark in the FOR column.
It's going to take a while to get to know this nominee, who was one of the "one percenters" in the GOPUSA poll (below.) So far, though, so good.
Posted by: johngalt at October 31, 2005 2:37 PMIt could just be onomatopoeia, but I take it as a good sign that Instapundit links refer to him as "Scalito."
I give deference to other court followers and that guy in the Oval Office, but have not heard anyhing yet to turn me away from this pick.
Posted by: jk at October 31, 2005 5:59 PMFinally. A known quantity. Better yet, passed the Senate twice 100-0.
Posted by: AlexC at October 31, 2005 7:28 PMheh.
"Scalito" doesn't really bother me. But it does someone.
Posted by: AlexC at October 31, 2005 7:29 PM | What do you think? [4]http://drudgereport.com/flash9ia.htm