Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Alito's first decision on the supreme court

[Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Whatever Mike, if you had bothered to stay informed on the man you
would have known that he did not always side with conservatives every
time. In fact, out of the three court cases he presided over that
involved abortion 2 of them he ruled with the pro-choice crowd.

I don't think he duped anyone on the judiciary committee, least of all
the conservatives on that committee and Bush clearly knew what type of
person he was, that is why he appointed him. Both Alito and Roberts
were exactly what Bush said they would be all of this liberal
hand-ringing over Alito was just another knee-jerk response. Afterall
if Bush nominated him, he has to be evil doesn't he?

Additionally, the strip search on the 10 year old was an interesting
case. Most people just hear that he ruled in favor of strip-searching
10 year olds. In the larger scheme of things though, what if searching
minors was ruled unconstitutional? What kind of anarchy would ensue?
What kind of traumatic experiences would the children of law-breakers
put young children through if they know they can keep their contraband
hidden by placing it on a child? What do you think prompted the case
in the first place? In my opinion probable cause does not stop at the
age of 18.



On 2/1/06, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> 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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