Brady Center Announces Opposition to Nomination of Judge Samuel Alito

Interesting how restoring a right to the people which was unconstitutionally denied is characterized as "right-wing judicial activism at its worst."

I'm not surprised that the Brady Center opposes his nomination.
 
I have to agree with previous posters: if the brady bunch are against him, then he's my kinda people!

Wouldn't it be nice to see NFA get declared unconstitutional? :D
 
No, Alito is NOT one of us.

Alito IS the loose cannon I've often been accused of being.

He has no respect for the rights of ANYONE. He has shown no deference to the rule of law (remember, as an appelate court judge he is required to follow SCOTUS precedent and not write his own beliefs as an opinion) and often writes opinions which go against well established SCOTUS decisions and which are often overturned by SCOTUS at a later time BECAUSE they go against established precedent.

So, WHY would anyone believe that this guy is SCOTUS material? WHY would anyone believe that this guy will protect our rights?

The Brady bunch's opposition is a point in his favor. However, in this case, the enemy of my enemy is NOT my friend. Alito is dangerous to us and America.
 
He has no respect for the rights of ANYONE.
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He has shown no deference to the rule of law
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Alito is dangerous to us and America.
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I'm trying to learn more about Alito, so I would greatly appreciate it if you would kindly provide some specific cites to caselaw opinions that will demonstrate the accuracy of the above-referenced statements. Thanks! :)
 
Well, I've been looking myself, but I can't find any reliable information demonstrating that Alito:

1. Doesn't respect ANYONE;

2. Has shown no deference to the rule of law; and/or

3. Is dangerous to us and to America.

Perhaps I'm not looking in the right places. Can you help me out a little bit, Rob P.? Maybe you have some specific examples that I'm not aware of.

Thanks!
 


Since I check their infernal website regularly, I know that they "announced" their opposition to Alito the day bush announced him.

The only worry about Alito is the same as I would have for every other nominee to a federal judgeship: the very fact that the're being nominated means they are A. loyal to precedent (about half of which is unconstitutional, even more when the interstate commerce clause is involved), and B. loyal to the establishment, which has had as it's stated goal (usually in different words) to destroy everything the founding fathers stood for. The established powers-that-be have accomplished nearly everything they've worked at since enshrining themselves in 1913, and taking full control in 1933.
 
Hokay.... I was hoping someone would wade in here and help out but I guess lurking is OK too.....

Lets take 'em in order, one at a time...

Alito doesn't respect anyone: The opinions written by him show a distinct lack of respect. You can read them by doing an internet search and judge for yourself. Notably, his writings for the Reagan Admin also show that lack of respect. You can see hints of this in his belief that the Warren court wrongly decided several key issues to equal protection and anti-discrimination laws. One man - one vote is key for blacks and hispanics to not be disinfranchised yet Alito would take that away and open the door for minorities to become second class citizens again.

He has shown no deference to the rule of law or precedent: Alito's white house memo's show a DISTINCT indication that he would work to overturn established precedent. Even today more memo's have surfaced which show his desire for "incremental dismanteling" of various SCOTUS decisions such as the UNANIMOUS 1972 decision that forbids warrantless wiretaps. Roe v. Wade is also in there in his plans to overturn the decision "piece by piece" as well as other well established SCOTUS decisions.

Alito is dangerous to America: Alito's prediliction for not following the rule of law and precedent is well known. This makes him unpredictable as a lower court justice. However, as a SCOTUS justice, these same attributes make him dangerous. How? Because there is no further court of appeal from SCOTUS and decisions which follow the previous pattern of willy-nilly personal opinion decisions become absolute when made by SCOTUS. Quick, lets just take away the one man - one vote idea. How about raising revenue by implementing a poll tax. No right to privacy any more. Hooray for Wickerd v. Filburn and emminent domain of people's homes so we can build yacht clubs. And of course, todays revelation that he supports warrantless searches against US citizens AND total blanket immunity for govt officials who commit criminal acts while in office.

It's bad enough we have to fight to keep what's left of the tattered remnants of the BoR's safe. To affirm this guy gives him the abilty to forceably take away what little is left to us. Which he has already shown he is willing to do.

I stand by my opinion.
 
It's a moot point - Alito will be confirmed without a doubt.

We should be speculating on Bush's next possible nominee, hopefully to replace Ginsberg or Stevens.
 
Thanks for the response, Rob. I respect your opinion; however, I have been unable to locate any cases authored by Judge Alito which would support the broad assertions you make concerning him.

Alito doesn't respect anyone: The opinions written by him show a distinct lack of respect.
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I couldn't find any of these opinions (and I did seach for disrespectful opinions). Please provide some cites to specific caselaw (including the name of the case and the case number/Federal reporter citation for the case).

One man - one vote is key for blacks and hispanics to not be disinfranchised yet Alito would take that away and open the door for minorities to become second class citizens again.
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I must have also missed this opinion by Judge Alito. If you have the cite to the case, let me know.

He has shown no deference to the rule of law or precedent: Alito's white house memo's show a DISTINCT indication that he would work to overturn established precedent. Even today more memo's have surfaced which show his desire for "incremental dismanteling" of various SCOTUS decisions
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IIRC, the memos which you are referring to were written by Alito while he was working for the Reagan Administration. Not surprisingly, Alito wrote memos which would advocate the position of and/or provide advice to his employer concerning his employer's position. However, I think that it is more reasonable to rely on his opinions as a Circuit Judge vis-a-vis the much older memos. I located several opinions in which Judge Alito based his decisions on the precedent of other Circuit Courts. See U.S. v. Jacobs, No. 93-3644; Meyers v. Gillis, No. 95-1850.

Alito is dangerous to America: Alito's prediliction for not following the rule of law and precedent is well known.
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Once again, I could not find cases authored by Judge Alito which demonstrate his "prediliction" to ignore the rule of law and precedent. Maybe I just missed 'em.

Quick, lets just take away the one man - one vote idea. How about raising revenue by implementing a poll tax. No right to privacy any more. Hooray for Wickerd v. Filburn and emminent domain of people's homes so we can build yacht clubs.
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I couldn't find any decisions authored by Judge Alito concerning these issues. Let me know if you have have the cites to these cases.

Many people don't favor Alito as a nominee because he is conservative. I can understand that; likewise, many also don't like Justice Ginsburg because she is quite liberal. But that doesn't mean that Alito or Justice Ginsburg don't respect anyone, show no deference to the law/ precedent, or that they are "dangerous."

Rob, thanks for the posts. You made me think about a lot of things! :) Please understand that I'm not trying to be an argumentative jerk and/or a troll. And if I've missed these cases, let me know!
 
The established powers-that-be have accomplished nearly everything they've worked at since enshrining themselves in 1913, and taking full control in 1933.
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:barf:

WildivebeenreadingthatsillinessforyearsbtwAlaska
 
You know "alaska," the very fact that your only "response" is to call something "silliness" and click a smilie shows that either A. you actually know nothing about the subject you pretend to, and/or B. you just don't have the courage to actually challenge something you claim to disagree with.

Don't hide behind labels and emoticons. I challenge you to actually engage in discussion. Anybody can click a smilie then cut 'n run. What takes courage is taking a stand and actually making that stand known. I'm not afraid to put out MY position (along with specifics), so why are you? Anybody can make over two thousand posts if all they ever say are a couple of words before they run and hide.
 
IIRC, the memos which you are referring to were written by Alito while he was working for the Reagan Administration. Not surprisingly, Alito wrote memos which would advocate the position of and/or provide advice to his employer concerning his employer's position
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FACT: Alito wrote on an application for a job with the Reagan admin which stated that he has "a heartfelt belief" that the Warren Court wrongly decided several cases. Among them was the one man-one vote issue, Roe v. Wade, and others. So, this ISN'T his position as requested by his employers - it's his PERSONAL belief and position.

Alito now says that his "heartfelt belief" was just a buncha words put onto a job applicaiton so he could get a cushy position in the gubmint. He didn't really mean what he said and you should ignore it and focus on his track record as a circuit judge.

Uhh, lets see, the guy just makes stuff up to make himself look better? Isn't that called LYING? Some may call it "puffing" or other sum such words, but the truth is, it's either the truth or it's a lie. If Alito says it wasn't true, then he lied. Either on the job application or now. Out of his own mouth - he lies.

There have been SEVERAL notable decisions made by Alito (you look them up - I have other things to do. Google has a full listing of his opinions. Search "Alito".) which have been overturned by SCOTUS because he got it wrong. He's written several dissents which go against established precedent and when the case was appealed to SCOTUS the court agreed with the majority and refuted his dissent(s). Again, you can do your own research on this but these are FACTS not just opinions of mine.

For the record, at first I thought he was the real deal. I was wrong because the facts are starting to show that he isn't what he's supposed to be and he hasn't been able to rebut his own well documented history.
 
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