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Doll
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 Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:12 am Post subject: Alito: Day Three |
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On the this third day of hearings Judge Alito said today he did not believe that American judges should be guided by the laws of other countries in coming to their decisions.
| Quote: | "I don't think it's appropriate or useful to look to foreign law in interpreting the provisions of our Constitution," Judge Alito said in response to questions from Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, in the third day of the judge's confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"I think the Framers would be stunned by the idea that the Bill of Rights is to be interpreted by taking a poll of the countries of the world," Judge Alito said. "The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to give Americans rights that were recognized practically nowhere else in the world at the time. The Framers did not want Americans to have the rights of people in France or the rights of people in Russia or any of the other countries on the continent of Europe at the time; they wanted them to have the rights of Americans." |
To date, the hearings have been free of surprises, with the nominee resisting the efforts of Democrats and Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the committee chairman, to pin him down on the issue of abortion rights. Mr. Specter, one of only a few Senate Republicans who favor abortion rights, has vowed to keep an open mind about the nomination, as have all eight Democrats on the committee.
The panel's nine other Republicans have virtually promised to vote for Judge Alito, having taken every opportunity to praise his credentials and integrity and to serve him easy questions. Democrats, on the other hand, have questioned the nominee sharply, sometimes with obvious skepticism, about abortion and his commitment to personal rights in general. Should the committee approve the nomination on a straight party-line vote and send it to the Senate floor, the judge would have an excellent chance at confirmation, since Republicans have 55 of the chamber's 100 seats.
In voicing strong disapproval of relying on foreign jurisprudence, Judge Alito was more explicit than he has been on other issues, including abortion. On that issue, he insisted again today, in the face of Democratic skepticism, that he would keep an open mind and be guided by precedent in considering abortion-related cases.
To be continued....
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GM Strong
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KENNEDY BOMBSHELL [NRO Staff]
A hot tip from the Hill:
We are reliably told that the crackerjack Kennedy staff has dug up another damning episode in Sam Alioto's background. It seems that a boy in his Cub Scout den, who was particularly close to young Sam, declared "Girls are stinky" on more than one occasion - in earshot of Sam at least once. It seems that Sam still attended the offending boy's birthday party and Senator Kennedy will insist on a subpoena to get a copy of the invitation list if that's what it takes to get to the bottom of this association.
from NRO 1/12/06
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shawa
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | "I think the Framers would be stunned by the idea that the Bill of Rights is to be interpreted by taking a poll of the countries of the world," Judge Alito said. "The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to give Americans rights that were recognized practically nowhere else in the world at the time. The Framers did not want Americans to have the rights of people in France or the rights of people in Russia or any of the other countries on the continent of Europe at the time; they wanted them to have the rights of Americans." |
EXCELLENT!! Take that, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor!!
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