Friday, October 28, 2005

In The Mold Of Scalia

ConfirmThem.com is reporting that Judge Samuel Alito appears to be the odds-on favorite to be nominated to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, now that the nomination of Harriet Miers has been withdrawn:
Alito It Is (Or So It Seems)

Multiple sources are telling RedState that Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals will be named by the President at the next associate justice of the United States Supreme Court as early as Monday.

“The situation is still in flux,” says one source, “but not very much.” Says another, “The White House Counsel’s Office is not doing too good at keeping this a secret.”

Still another source says, “Luttig and Alito were the fall backs to Miers. They have both been vetted. Alito seems more palatable. There is no need to drag this out, he’s been vetted a million times.”

And yet another source tells me that he is convinced Alito is the nominee barring some last minute unforeseen issue. All signs are pointing to Judge Alito right now. Things could change, but as the weekend draws closer it seems more and more likely that Judge Alito will be the nominee and conservatives will have a fight on their hands in the Senate — a very winnable fight.
My Comments:
If your desire is to nominate someone to the Supreme Court who is "in the mold of Justice Antonin Scalia", you could do much worse than nominating someone whose nickname is "Scalito" - i.e. "Little Scalia".

If you thought conservatives were outraged by the choice of Harriet Miers, just wait until you see the Dems and those pulling their strings at NARAL, NOW, PFAW, and Planned Parenthood go completely bonkers if Samuel Alito is the nominee.

I assure you, if Alito is nominated, the words "extraordinary circumstances" will become a household phrase within hours of the announcement. I say, "Bring it on, lefties!"

5 Comments:

At 10/28/2005 5:24 PM, Blogger Jeff Miller said...

This would be great, but I can't remember one judicial nominee rumor lately panning out.

 
At 10/29/2005 11:56 AM, Blogger Pro Ecclesia said...

I don't think there's going to be much of a fight, here.

Then you haven't been paying attention. This guy wrote the dissent in the 3rd Circuit's decision in Casey. I assure you that the Abortion Party is going to make a big deal out of that.

Mere knowledge of the nickname "Scalito" (whether deserved or not) by itself is enough to cause the NOW/NARAL/Planned Parenthood crowd to get their panties into a collective twist.

 
At 10/31/2005 7:45 AM, Blogger Gruntled said...

Does anyone have any evidence on what kind of Catholic Alito is?

 
At 11/01/2005 8:35 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

judge alito and judge roberts are not what we would call judicial revolutionaries. the catholic faith has long held that a law is not a law if it is not just. killing babies is not just. if one is true to his faith, both being catholic, then murder is murder is murder. judicial restraint in knocking down the partial birth abotion ban is siding with death out of human respect..a dangerous thing cautioned by the church for many years.
alito nor roberts will vote to over turn roe..both would not do it again..thier most important legacy will be judcial modesty but neither want to cause the revolution thier vote would bring.
they should be/should of been voted down by the pro life republicans to show the president they will settle for nothing less then a brilliant and younger bork

 
At 11/01/2005 8:37 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

correction..not vote to overturn roe

 

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