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President Bush succeeded in scaring the pants off the Democrats with today’s announcement of his next nominee for the Supreme Court seat soon to be vacated by Sandra Day O’Connor. Sam Alito is a conservative judge, many say in the mold of Scalia (the most conservative on the SCOTUS). That alone is enough reason to cause loss of bladder control among the jackasses, er, Democrat party faithful.
He sounds pretty much like the kind of strict constructionist I’ve been hoping for (at least based on his comments this morning).
Every time that I have entered the courtroom during the past 15 years, I have been mindful of the solemn responsibility that goes with service as a federal judge. Federal judges have the duty to interpret the Constitution and the laws faithfully and fairly, to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans, and to do these things with care and with restraint, always keeping in mind the limited role that the courts play in our constitutional system. And I pledge that if confirmed I will do everything within my power to fulfill that responsibility.
I’ll be doing some more reading about this guy, but from what little I’ve heard and read so far, he sounds like an excellent choice to me. First off, he’s got plenty of experience: He served as assistant to the Solicitor General and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General; he’s spent 15 years as a Circuit Court of Appeals Judge for the 3rd Circuit (about 3,500 cases, 300 opinions); and his resume is very similar to many other current Supreme Court justices chosen from the Circuit Courts. Alito’s unanimous confirmation in 1990 should also help prove him to be within the mainstream of legal philosophy. When factor in his sense of Constitutional interpretation, he appears to have all the qualities that Miers lacked.
So what’s not to like?
Plenty if you’re a liberal who believes in legislating from the bench, as has been done too often in many recent SCOTUS rulings.
Or if you’re just a liberal who believes President Bush is Hitler. Or stupid. Or fill-in-your-derogatory-phrase-here. Too many folks are just knee-jerk against Bush at this point. But that’s not gonna fly this time.
The solid nature of the Alito nomination should preclude the filibuster that’s been threatened by the Dems. Captain Ed notes they’ve got bigger fish to fry:
I expect that the Democrats will get 30-35 votes in favor of a filibuster once Alito gets out of committee. If they do consider a filibuster, too many of them will realize that Stevens might get replaced during this term (he’s 85 years old). They need that potential stop on Senate business to protect a genuinely liberal seat on the Court — and enough of them won’t agree to tossing it aside before the 2006 elections, when they might narrow the gap in the Senate, in order to keep Alito off the bench. They also won’t want to fight over obstructionism again during the next cycle, or the Democrats might well lose more Senate seats in the midterms.
Michelle Malkin has a good roundup of responses to Alito, both for and against. But as usual, the Dems’ comments seem to be living up to their mascot’s reputation for stubborn resistance of forward progress.
Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
