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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.
This last case I only heard about from a friend who had seen Alito
questioned about it by Kennedy during the nomination process. I don't
recall the details, but basically Alito said that he found the strip
search of this girl very troubling - however, he was not asked to rule
on that aspect of the case, but on some other point of the law.
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