Specter Predicts Long, Tough Questioning for Alito
From the Washington Post:
The Senate Judiciary Committee will demand that Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. answer more questions than did Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., and it may subject him to extra hours of grilling to do so, the panel's chairman said yesterday.My Comments:
But Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), said he senses little enthusiasm among Democrats for a filibuster to block Alito, and he believes the nominee's fate will turn largely on "how credible he is" at the panel's confirmation hearing, which begins Jan. 9.
"His nomination faces some real hurdles," Specter said in an hour-long interview with Washington Post editors and reporters. Senators will not allow Alito to sidestep as many questions as Roberts did during his confirmation hearing, he said, because Alito has far more judicial opinions to defend and because he wrote two controversial memos on abortion and other matters in 1985.
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Boy, that's just what I want to hear coming from the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee. With "Republicans" like that running the show, who needs Democrats?
I'm starting to envision a repeat of the Bork fiasco. I think I'm going to be sick.
posted by Pro Ecclesia 9:16 AM
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I think it is premature to foresee another borking. Robert Bork was scary-looking and did nothing to obscure his views in the least. And The Democrats controlled the Senate. True, Arlen might be a problem, so we'll see. If Alito does somehow end up failing, and Specter is the cause of it, I sincerely hope that the GOP leadership kicks him out of his chairmanship (and it will likely be necessary to start a letter writing campaign to urge them to do so).
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