The Alito Hearings Day 2 The Questioning

Posted on January 10, 2006

No surprises actually. It seems that there is more speech making from the left side of the table than question asking. I will hand it to Biden though, he actually asked relevant questions as opposed to his mentor Teddy “The Lush” Kennedy who managed to ask a whole 7 questions in 30 minutes and had to be admonished for interrupting the nominee by Senator Specter.

Senator Specter focused on the importance of precedence and stare decisis in relation to Roe v Wade. He was more fixated on it than the liberal Senators who followed him.

At the heart of today’s questioning has been the Vanguard recusal controversy, the level of executive power, and an organization which Judge Alito belonged to in college called CAP. Apparently CAP has a history of trying to limit the enrollment of women and minorities to Princeton. Judge Alito was prompted to join the organization, without knowledge of their discriminatory efforts because of the expulsion of the ROTC from Princeton University during his Senior Year.

As it turns out, in the Vanguard case, it was a slip in memory as well as a crack in the system of recusal. Judge Alito did upon receiving a request for recusal after he had ruled in the decision, recused himself and asked that the decision be vacated and a new trial to commence. Even though all legal and ethical authorities have been unanimous in their ruling that Judge Alito did nothing wrong and had no reason to recuse himself. Judge Alito did state that there is a new system in place where by pro se cases cannot slip through the recusal review before proceeding to trial. A system which he designed so that this particular controversy never happens again.

Judge Alito stated each time that he was asked about the alleged executive abuses that Nobody in the nation is above the law. This includes the President and the Supreme Court.

The panel took a break for lunch with 20 minutes remaining Senator Kyl’s round 1 questioning.

more to follow

Here’s a must read for the day: Dems off to bad start at Alito hearings
Is the public detached from this hearing?

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4 Responses to “The Alito Hearings Day 2 The Questioning”

Reggie on January 10th, 2006 3:57 pm

There’s nothing surprising about these hearings. You could write the exact script for everyone involved. That’s right Dems…filibuster him…go ahead…keep fighting a guy who’s more qualified than any of you who pretend to sit in judgment of him. And I will gladly watch your party decay even further in power in the next election cycle.

I love watching Alito take down all of Kennedy’s “daggers”. Alito is clearly one step ahead of this stiff… and Alito will be the one that comes out smelling like roses. Kennedy, on the other hand, always smells of Wild Irish Rose.

If When Alito is confirmed, the Democrats will finally lose their majority on the Supreme Court, that for 50 years has allowed liberals to legislate from the bench on everything from racial preferences to the detention of terrorists…

Fixed it for accuracy…and really, would this outcome be such a bad thing for the Nation?
Gribbit on January 10th, 2006 4:29 pm

Actually Reggie, Teddy “The Lush” has a particular taste for Rum and Coke. At least he did when he and a former staffer for his brother Bobby’s campaign went for a drive. An outting from which only one of them emerged alive.
apostle on January 10th, 2006 9:03 pm

My brother has a bumper-sticker that reads “Ted Kennedy’s car killed more people than Manson.”
Crazy Politico on January 10th, 2006 9:54 pm

I just wish he’d say “Yes, stare decisis is very important, why if we made every decision ironclad with it Dredd Scott and Pleasy would still be around. Is that what you’d like Senator?”

The truth is it’s only an important issue if it’s your issue before the court.