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On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Jonathan King wrote:
On 2/2/06, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
The decision of Alito that is described here seems totally in line with
answers I remember Alito providing to Leahy when he was questioned at
the nomination hearings. I really do get the sense that I am going to
end up admiring Alito very much.
Interestingly, nobody I have heard of argues against the fact that Alito
is a smart guy or a thoughtful guy. My (rather large) objection to him
is his very consistent positions favoring business interests and an
expansive interpretation of executive priviledge. He also has made some
pretty weird rulings in the past that were overturned by the Supremes;
in fairness, this probably happens to a lot of Appeals Court justices.
But the strip-search-of-a-ten-year-old-without-warrant case was...man,
that was just chilling.
These are worrisome things. We're stuck with him now so we'll have to
hope for the best. Sometimes seemingly conservative appointees don't end
up being all that conservative. Alito was probably pretending to have
been an active member of CAP to fool the Reaganites, so he may not be
above duping the conservatives to get ahead.
Mike
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