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Schadow
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 Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:51 am Post subject: Some highlights of Alito's and Kennedy's first day |
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Snips from PowerLine's Paul Mirengoff and John Hinderaker:
| Quote: | The Democrats have a losing hand when it comes to arguing against Judge Alito's confirmation on the merits. Even more importantly, they also have a losing side when it comes to the human side.
Alito represents the middle class kid with strong values who worked hard and kept his nose clean. When success came, it didn't go to his head. His lack of pretention (the source of some excellent anecdotes) came across beautifully in his opening statement.
Alito's chief antagonist, Senator Kennedy, represents something very different, as do several of his Democratic colleagues to a lesser degree. And while (content aside) some of the Dems come across reasonably well, the ones other than Kennedy who draw the most attention -- Schumer and Biden -- are as pretentious as it gets.
The most telling moment in Alito's opening statement came when he described how the privileged and intelligent people he met at Princeton in the late 1960s and early 1970s lacked the common sense and decency that his friends in the neighborhood possessed. The committee Dems represent the people Alito met at Princeton. Alito still represents the people from his neighborhood. The American people will notice the difference. |
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| Quote: | Senator Schumer told Judge Alito that he cannot decline to say what he thinks about issues that may come before the Supreme Court, as John Roberts did, because unlike Roberts, Alito has a long record as an appeals court judge. But Roberts was only following the Ginsburg rule, and Ginsburg too had a long track record as an appeals court judge. Indeed, when Roberts' supporters invoked the Ginsburg rule, his opponents argued Roberts needed to say more than Ginsburg because he lacked a long track record that could provide insight into his judicial thinking.
The unwillingness of nominees to discuss issues that will come before the Court (which is sometimes carried too far) is based on ethical rules against prejudging cases. Those rules apply regardless of how long one has served on the appellate bench.
JOHN adds: Great points, but the reality is, the Democrats are just making it up as they go along. They recognize no duty of consistency. Their logic can't withstand the most elementary scrutiny, and their leader is a dimwit who, after being thrown out of Harvard for cheating, graduated last in his law school class. While a law student, he endured the humiliation of being arrested by a highway patrolman while cowering in the back seat of his car, pretending not to be the driver. He subsequently drove off a bridge, thereby drowning a young woman whose only crime was assuming that he was a competent escort. She probably could have been saved if he had gone for help, but instead of trying to rescue her, he spent the night looking for someone who would pretend to have been the driver of the car, discussing legal strategies with his family's advisers, and trying to establish an alibi. And now Ted Kennedy purports to sit in moral judgment over a brilliant, self-effacing public servant like Sam Alito. The American public isn't paying much attention, but I think they're smart enough to figure this one out. |
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/012782.php
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/012781.php
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GenrXr
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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Powerful commentary. Thanks for sharing.
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Ohio Voter
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: Some highlights of Alito's and Kennedy's first day |
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I hope you can find a transcript of Kennedy's second day because it shows how ignorant he is. Goodness. Someone stop voting for him.
Oh my, Kennedy is losing it. Spector put him in his place which is to tell Kennedy he is NOT the chair of the hearings.
[quote="Schadow"]Snips from PowerLine's Paul Mirengoff and John Hinderaker:
| Quote: | The Democrats have a losing hand when it comes to arguing against Judge Alito's confirmation on the merits. Even more importantly, they also have a losing side when it comes to the human side.
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And,
| Quote: | Senator Schumer told Judge Alito that he cannot decline to say what he thinks about issues that may come before the Supreme Court, as John Roberts did, because unlike Roberts, Alito has a long record as an appeals court judge. But Roberts was only following the Ginsburg rule, and Ginsburg too had a long track record as an appeals court judge. Indeed, when Roberts' supporters invoked the Ginsburg rule, his opponents argued Roberts needed to say more than Ginsburg because he lacked a long track record that could provide insight into his judicial thinking.
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http://powerlineblog.com/archives/012782.php
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/012781.php
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Deuce
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:05 am Post subject: |
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What a thoughtfully complete description of Senator Swimmer from our powerline bloggers:
| Quote: | | a dimwit who, after being thrown out of Harvard for cheating, graduated last in his law school class. While a law student, he endured the humiliation of being arrested by a highway patrolman while cowering in the back seat of his car, pretending not to be the driver. He subsequently drove off a bridge, thereby drowning a young woman whose only crime was assuming that he was a competent escort. |
nuff said
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Ohio Voter
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:36 am Post subject: |
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I am really feeling old. I remember when Senators were respected as men of high valor. 
| Deuce wrote: | What a thoughtfully complete description of Senator Swimmer from our powerline bloggers:
| Quote: | | a dimwit who, after being thrown out of Harvard for cheating, graduated last in his law school class. While a law student, he endured the humiliation of being arrested by a highway patrolman while cowering in the back seat of his car, pretending not to be the driver. He subsequently drove off a bridge, thereby drowning a young woman whose only crime was assuming that he was a competent escort. |
nuff said
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