The "real risk" is in voting FOR Alito
the nyt gets it, why don't our senators...?
like i've been saying repeatedly, alito may not only be the most dangerous supreme court nominee in u.s. history but, given his support of unfettered excutive power, may be the biggest constitutional threat this country has ever faced... Submit To Propeller
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The White House has tried to create an air of inevitability around this nomination. But there is no reason to believe that Judge Alito is any more popular than the president who nominated him.
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The real risk for senators lies not in opposing Judge Alito, but in voting for him. If the far right takes over the Supreme Court, American law and life could change dramatically. If that happens, many senators who voted for Judge Alito will no doubt come to regret that they did not insist that Justice O'Connor's seat be filled with someone who shared her cautious, centrist approach to the law.
like i've been saying repeatedly, alito may not only be the most dangerous supreme court nominee in u.s. history but, given his support of unfettered excutive power, may be the biggest constitutional threat this country has ever faced... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
1/22/2006
