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Samuel Alito Watch: What Democrats Have Said About Alito
President Bush watches Judge Samuel A. Alito of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia speak after he announced him as his new nominee for the Supreme Court, Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, in the Cross Hall in the White House.They Said It!: Sens. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), And Former Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) On Samuel Alito.
SEN. TED KENNEDY (D-MA): “You Have Obviously Had A Very Distinguished Record, And I Certainly Commend You For Long Service In The Public Interest. I Think It Is A Very Commendable Career And I Am Sure You Will Have A Successful One As A Judge.†(Sen. Ted Kennedy, Committee On The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 4/5/90)
SEN. FRANK LAUTENBERG (D-NJ): “I Believe Mr. Alito Has The Experience And The Skills To Be The Kind Of Judge The Public Deserves – One Who Is Impartial, Thoughtful, And Fair. I Urge The Senate To Confirm His Nomination.†(Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Congressional Record, 4/27/90, p. S5281)
FORMER SEN. BILL BRADLEY (D-NJ): “[T]he Confirmation Of Sam Alito As U.S. Attorney For New Jersey Is Testimony To The Commitment He Has Shown And The Success Of His Efforts As A Law Enforcement Official. I Am Confident That He Will Continue To Do All He Can To Uphold The Laws Of This Nation With The Kind Of Determination And Vigor That Has Been His Trademark In The Past.†(Sen. Bill Bradley, Congressional Record, 12/8/87, p. S17427)
But Chuckie Schumer is already talking about a filibuster and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid wonders if Alito is too RADICAL for the American people.
Judge Alito has twice been confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate.
Now the Borking will begin from the LEFT.
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Samuel Alito Watch: IT”S “ALITO”
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit shows Judge Samuel A. Alito of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. President Bush is nominating Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, The Associated Press has learned, choosing a long-time federal judge embraced by judicial conservatives to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.The ASSociated Press has Bush Picks Alito for Supreme Court.
President Bush has nominated conservative judge Samuel Alito to replace moderate Justice
Sandra Day O’Connor in a bid to reshape the Supreme Court and mollify his political base.The Lefties are already talking filibuster.
Stay tuned.
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SCOTUS WATCH: A NEW JUSTICE Nominated Tomorrow?
Michelle Malkin has SCOTUS PICK: WHO WILL IT BE?
Fox News reporting tonight that the White House will announce its SCOTUS pick tomorrow.
The Washington Post has Bush May Name New Court Nominee on Monday
Real Clear Politics has a round-up of SCOTUS vacancy news (see right sidebar).
SCOTUS Blog looks at front-runners.
Reuters/WaPo on Alito and Luttig.
The Prowler hears it will be Judge Samuel Alito. So does Erick at Confirm Them.Todd Zywicki hears Luttig, and and also points to Ideoblog’s analysis of Alito’s business and commercial law jurisprudence.
Patterico takes a closer look at Alito’s dissent in Casey.
Hugh Hewitt supports Luttig and underscores his War on Terror rulings. More background here.
Flap has his choices SCOTUS WATCH: LUTTIG vs. ALITO? and SCOTUS Watch: A NEW Short List.
Reuters has Luttig, Alito contenders as Bush mulls court pick.
President George W. Bush on Saturday was narrowing his choices of Supreme Court nominees to replace Harriet Miers as Republicans said the short list consisted of highly credentialed, solidly conservative judges.
Among the candidates most talked about were appeals court judges Michael Luttig and Samuel Alito. Bush, who is spending the weekend at his Camp David retreat, was expected to unveil his choice within days.
A source close to the selection process who spoke on condition of anonymity said avoiding a battle with Democrats, who have warned Bush about picking a right-wing activist, would not be the president’s top priority.
“What we know from the Miers nomination is that people on all sides of the political spectrum wanted the highest quality, and that’s what the president will deliver,” the source said.
“I think it will be extremely difficult for Senate Democrats to oppose someone who is extraordinarily well qualified and who shares the president’s judicial philosophy,” the source added.
Previously on Flapsblog, SCOTUS Watch: A NEW Short List.
Samuel Alito, a 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge from Philadelphia.
J. Michael Luttig of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, considered one of the most conservative judges on the federal bench.
Luttig, 51, a judge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, worked as a clerk for Scalia when Scalia was an appeals court judge.
He helped in the effort to get Thomas and Supreme Court Justice David Souter — both nominated to the high court by Bush’s father — confirmed by the Senate. Luttig also has worked in the Justice Department and private practice.
Alito, 55, is sometimes given the nickname “Scalito” — a comparison to Scalia, who shares his Italian heritage as well as his reputation for conservatism and a strong intellect. He is a judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.
Both men are fine judges on the federal court of appeals.
President Bush could not go wrong with either of them.
In addition to Luttig and Alito, Bush is also said to be looking at appeals court judges Michael McConnell, Edith Jones and Alice Batchelder.
Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown are also possibilities, although the two judges — who were named to the appellate court by Bush — were initially blocked by Senate Democrats before making it through on a compromise deal.
Flap handicaps the following choices in order of probability:
1. Samuel Alito
2. J. Michael Luttig
3. Priscilla Owen
4. Janice Rogers Brown
5. Michael McConnell
6. Edith Jones
All six of these judges would make excellent nominees for the Supreme Court.
Stay Tuned…….
Update #1
Knowing the President likes surprises Flap is mentioning another great judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth CircuitAlice Moore Batchelder.
Flap still thinks it will be Alito but with President Bush you never know……….
Stay tuned………
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bear Flag League, California, Election 2006, Politics, Proposition 73, Proposition 74, Proposition 75, Proposition 76, Proposition 77, Special Election 2005
California Special Election Watch: Schwarzenegger in FULL Campaign Mode
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to the media while touring the Koreatown Galleria in Los Angeles, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005. Elected two years ago to shake up a stagnated statehouse, the Republican governor is trying out various campaign messages in the closing days of a political campaign in which he hopes to push through a slate of ballot initiatives that would weaken public employee unions and clamp down on state spending.The San Francisco Chronicle has Schwarzenegger trolls for votes at San Diego restaurant
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger waded into a lunchtime crowd Sunday to kick off a final full week of campaigning for his four state ballot initiatives, telling customers waiting on shrimp salad and clam chowder that lawmakers have failed them.
Schwarzenegger emerged quietly, without introduction, from the kitchen of Point Loma Seafoods. For 45 minutes, he shook hands, handed out campaign booklets, signed autographs and posed for photos. There were no speeches, no loudspeakers and — unlike many of his appearances — no protests.
“Remember one thing: the Legislature couldn’t do it, so the people have to do it,” he told one customer.
“The people have done a better job than the Legislature,” he told another, his voice barely carrying in the noisy crowd.
With close races for Proposition 74 and 75 the Governor has taken the show on the road. Will it be enough?
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to members of the Persian community during a roundtable discussion in Los Angeles, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005.Technorati Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Recovery Team, California Special Election, Bear Flag League, Proposition 74, Proposition 75, Proposition 76, Proposition 77
Cross-posted to the Bear Flag League Special Election Page
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Dentistry Today: You Remember Me?
Dr. David Gong murdered by his patient, Hailu Abje of San Francisco.The San Francisco Chronicle has Patient shoots dentist dead, then himself.
Only theory police have so far is that man may have blamed doctor for bad teeth
A 56-year-old dentist was shot and killed Thursday on the sidewalk near his San Francisco office by one of his patients, who said only, “You remember me?” before opening fire, police and witnesses said.
The gunman then crossed the street, got into his car, and shot and killed himself.
Police investigators, relatives and co-workers of the dentist, David Gong of San Francisco, were at a loss to understand why the 44-year-old patient killed him. They said the gunman, identified as Hailu Abje of San Francisco, had gum problems and had gone to Gong for treatment, but no one knew of any trouble between the two men.
This is an unbelievable story.
Mental illness can be the only explanation.
Police investigator Dave Kamita studies items believed to be the victim’s strewn along the sidewalk at Jackson and Polk streets. -
CIA Leak Case Watch: Apologize?
Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at a rally at Robins Air Force Base Friday, Oct. 28, 2005 in Warner Robins, Ga. Cheney issued a statement saying he had accepted I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby Jr. resignation ‘with deep regret.’ He added that Libby was entitled to a presumption of innocence in the case and praised his longtime aide as ‘one of the most capable and talented individuals I have ever known.’The ASSociated Press has Bush, Cheney Urged to Apologize for Aides.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Sunday thatPr esident Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should apologize for the actions of their aides in theCIA leak case.
Reid, D-Nev., also said Bush should pledge not to pardon any aides convicted as a result of the investigation into the disclosure of CIA officer Valerie Plame’s identity.
“There has not been an apology to the American people for this obvious problem in the White House,” Reid said. He said Bush and Cheney “should come clean with the American public.”
Reid added, “This has gotten way out of hand, and the American people deserve better than this.”
Senator Reid must be SENILE.
Did Reid ever hear of due process of law and the presumption of innocence?
Reid also said that Karl Rove, the president’s closest political adviser, should step down. Rove has not been charged with a crime.
This is laughable – just like Fitzpatrick’s case against Libby.
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New Blog Watch: Real Clear Politics Blog
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Day By Day by Chris Muir
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President 2008 Watch: Kay Baily Hutchison for President?
Robert Novak has HUTCHISON IN ’08.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has approached Republican fund-raisers in her home state of Texas to test the waters for a possible 2008 presidential nomination, but party sources believe she is mainly interested in a vice presidential nomination.
Supporters describe Hutchison as saying that if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the Democratic nominee, the Republicans must consider putting a woman on their ticket. Hutchison, who has held statewide elective office for 15 years, would head the list for the GOP.
National ambitions may have factored into Hutchison’s decision against challenging Gov. Rick Perry in a bloody Republican primary for governor next year. Hutchison chose instead to seek re-election to the Senate.
Giuliani and Hutchison vs. Hillary and Richardson.Sounds like a probable race…….. but McCain and Allen may have something to say about it.
Stay tuned…….
Technorati Tags: Robert Novak, Kay Baily Hutchison, Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bear Flag League, California, Election 2006, Politics, Proposition 74, Proposition 75, Proposition 76, Proposition 77, Special Election 2005
California Special Election Watch: “Anyone writing Arnold’s political obituary is making a mistake” – Gray Davis
The Los Angeles Daily News has Davis: Arnold won’t lose power after election.
Even if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s measures lose in the Nov. 8 special election, he will remain a powerhouse in California, his ousted predecessor said Friday.
Former Gov. Gray Davis, now a private attorney and a policy fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, predicted a “split” on Schwarzenegger’s four initiatives on the ballot.
Gray Davis was an indecisive political leader who bowed down to the Union bosses who eventually destroyed his career. He has always had a keen sense of the California political winds.
However, he was stalemated by his own UNION allies, made poor political as well as governance decisions and lost it all.
Popular support has been lacking for the four Schwarzenegger-backed measures that would increase his power over the budget, change the state redistricting process, limit union political contributions and make it harder for teachers to get tenure.
But Davis dismissed Democrats and others who say a major loss next month could cripple Schwarzenegger’s chances in his campaign to retain the governor’s seat in 2006.
“Anyone writing Arnold’s political obituary is making a mistake,” said Davis, a Democrat himself. “Even if all his initiatives are voted down, he still will be a formidable force in 2006.”
Gray Davis has it RIGHT and supports Flap in saying that Schwarzenegger has already won the special election.
Davis said he thinks voters are more forgiving when it comes to losing ballot measures.
“People don’t resent you putting an initiative on the ballot, because its fate is in their hands. What they get upset about is when they have no recourse,” he said. “This election is just not going to determine the governor’s fate in 2006.”
Agreed and what about draining your union friend’s (?) coffers going into 2006 and possibly bankrupting the California Teachers Association?
Technorati Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Recovery Team, California Special Election, Bear Flag League, Proposition 74, Proposition 75, Proposition 76, Proposition 77, Gray Davis
Cross-posted to the Bear Flag League Special Election Page
