"Alito's record suggests he is an extremist..."

the alito hearings begin tomorrow...

The White House has tried to create an air of inevitability around Judge Alito's confirmation. But the public is skeptical. In a new Harris poll, just 34 percent of those surveyed said they thought he should be confirmed, while 31 percent said he should not, and 34 percent were unsure. Nearly 70 percent said they would oppose Judge Alito's nomination if they thought he would vote to make abortion illegal - which it appears he might well do.

If President Bush had chosen a pragmatic, mainstream conservative like Justice O'Connor to fill the seat, these confirmation hearings would be a breeze. But now, the Senate has a duty to delve into the many areas in which Judge Alito's record suggests he is an extremist, including:

• ABORTION (Opposed and worked to overturn Roe v. Wade)

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• PRESIDENTIAL POWER (Holds an imperial view of presidential power)

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• CONGRESSIONAL POWER (Has called for sharply reducing the power of Congress)

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• ONE PERSON ONE VOTE (Believes that the Supreme Court reapportionment rulings, which made legislative districts much more fair, came out the wrong way)

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There are other areas - including civil rights, sex discrimination, the environment and criminal law - where Judge Alito's record appears extreme. The Senate should question him closely on all of them.

of all the concerns that have emerged about samuel alito, perhaps the most troubling is his view of unlimited presidential power... that view certainly fits nicely with everything that bush has done and is doing to increase and consolidate that power and, imho, is perhaps the most dangerous element of his already-criminal presidency...

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