Rate Judge Samuel Alito
Justianen
11-01-2006, 03:42
I have watched some of the senators questioning him and I was just wondering what everyone thought about him so far.
Ashmoria
11-01-2006, 04:06
i saw him in tv this morning and i liked him very much.
but he is too conservative for me to want him to be confirmed.
Liverbreath
11-01-2006, 04:08
He's just another elitist Ivy League lawyer that subscribes to making common sense into something more complicated and exclusive than it deserves to be.
Liverbreath
11-01-2006, 04:15
I have watched some of the senators questioning him and I was just wondering what everyone thought about him so far.
Funny thing about confirmation hearings. It's been my experience from watching them that one learns much much more about the people asking the questions than the perspective candidate.
The Black Forrest
11-01-2006, 04:22
Well he is better then Thomas......
He seems fine to me. I don't agree with every decision he's ever made or every answer I heard him give, but on the whole he sounds like a qualified justice.
AllCoolNamesAreTaken
11-01-2006, 05:05
Although he could be far worse, he has one thing that makes him unacceptable in my book. He is pro-life. Sure, he says that he will "keep an open mind", but that is bullshit.
UpwardThrust
11-01-2006, 05:09
I did not like how he reacted to the tough questions ... even in the deluded snippets that puppet fox let through
Liverbreath
11-01-2006, 05:18
Although he could be far worse, he has one thing that makes him unacceptable in my book. He is pro-life. Sure, he says that he will "keep an open mind", but that is bullshit.
Well, if he turns out in favor of ruling against Roe vs Wade on the grounds it was based on bad law then maybe he will apply the same logic to the bad law used to cover so much nonsense under Interstate Commerce. Personally I prefer a pro abortion position but I find it very difficult to find a way to argue for it under privacy in the constitution. To me it is a state issue that the federal government muscled away in it's continuing mindless quest for power that it was never intended to have.
The South Islands
11-01-2006, 05:18
We can't judge him yet. He hasen't done anything.
At least as far as the Supreme Court goes.
More than qualified. Not libertarian enough for my tastes, but I support him.
And I'm American, so I matter. =P
Liverbreath
11-01-2006, 05:28
I did not like how he reacted to the tough questions ... even in the deluded snippets that puppet fox let through
Interesting, I watched the hearings and didn't detect anything other than fairly short and to the point answers to a bunch of loaded questions worthy of "Do you still beat your wife" distinction.
The South Islands
11-01-2006, 05:29
Interesting, I watched the hearings and didn't detect anything other than fairly short and to the point answers to a bunch of loaded questions worthy of "Do you still beat your wife" distinction.
Isn't they what you're supposed to do in these hearings?
More than qualified. Not libertarian enough for my tastes, but I support him.
And I'm American, so I matter. =P
Not unless you're on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
AllCoolNamesAreTaken
11-01-2006, 05:31
Interesting, I watched the hearings and didn't detect anything other than fairly short and to the point answers to a bunch of loaded questions worthy of "Do you still beat your wife" distinction.
They must not have gotten to the "Is your father your only homosexual lover" questions yet.
Although he could be far worse, he has one thing that makes him unacceptable in my book. He is pro-life. Sure, he says that he will "keep an open mind", but that is bullshit.
Christ, America and its stupid Roe v. Wade fetish. The country would be saner if that case had never been heard.
The South Islands
11-01-2006, 05:33
Christ, America and its stupid Roe v. Wade fetish. The country would be saner if that case had never been heard.
Amen to that!
AllCoolNamesAreTaken
11-01-2006, 05:34
Christ, America and its stupid Roe v. Wade fetish. The country would be saner if that case had never been heard.
It would be saner if the Religious Right wasn't so politically powerful, and we didn't let the Churches try and legislate morality.
Liverbreath
11-01-2006, 05:37
Isn't they what you're supposed to do in these hearings?
Yeah, I guess so. I just get all hung up on silly stuff like meaningful inquiry and the general best interest of America. I forget about the important stuff, like posing, impressing special interests, photo ops, and increasing contributions.
It would be saner if the Religious Right wasn't so politically powerful, and we didn't let the Churches try and legislate morality.
Yup, that too (except I don't see churches legislating anything; they lobby).
Kossackja
11-01-2006, 06:55
OMG, how can you support this "Elito"? I caught this (http://home.arcor.de/genius23/bin/alitoad.wma) ad on the radio today and really, this man should not be a judge.