Alito . . .

Has everyone been watching the Samuel Alito hearings? I think tha...........

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.........Huh? Oh, uh, yeah. What was I talking about? Oh, that's right, Alito.

I've listened tyo parts of the hearings, i.e. I've left the T.V. on and been doing something else on the computer at the same time. Nor do I have any ambition to read online articeles about this person who I will never hear about again. Sure, we'll hear "Yes, Wolf. In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court..." But we'll never hear about Samuel Alito again, just like Anthony Kennedy or Stephen G. Breyer (who?) Something tells me he WON'T be a Sandra Day O'Conner or William Rehnquist.

Obciously, he is qualified from a Judicial standpoint, it's his ideology that's in question. When he gets to the bench, will he put personal views aside and ONLY listen to the facts? Probably not. Will he try to overturn certain rulings, which may take away the rights of a certain group of people, of a certain gender? He just may, and that's why Democrat's are questioning him so toughly.

On the other hand, the Republicans repeatedly apologize about the questioning, and try to give him the easy questions.

Obviously, he's not the MOST qualified for the Supreme Court. I am assuming that Judge Alito was on the short list from before Rehnquist died. He probably was, because I can't see that they're ready to pick someone and Secretary of Yada-Yada Joe Smith, sitting on the couch, says "Hey, what about that Alito guy?" I say he's not the most qualified because he simply wasn't picked first. John G. Roberts, Jr. was.

Events:
1. O'Conner submits resignation
2. Roberts is picked to replace her -- not Alito
3. Rehnquist dies
4. Bush picks Roberts -- instead of picking Alito
5. Bush picks Alito

So, not only was Alito not picked first, he was also not good enough to be Chief. But yeah, Adam, Alito was picjked second! I know, and for some reason I've dedicated to paragraphs and a list to that point! Back to the main topic.

Alito, along with every other nominee. They REFUSE to say what they think about certain issues, which "may" come up in court sometime in the future. Is Roe v. Wade even IN current court dockets? Are any of the other cases he would NOT comment on already in the dockets? I doubt ALL, if ANY currently are, considering the Court currently would still go 5-4 in favor.

However, he DID comment on certain cases, which will probably NEVER come up again, in any courtroom. These include Marbury v. Madison, Dread Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, & U.S. v. Nixon. However, how can he be sure?

Joe Schmo could walk into court tomorrow and try to reverse Dread Scott v. Sandford. That would not make slavery legal, but it would make all Americans with black skin lose Citizenship. Or Joe could walk into court and challenge Brown v. Board. That would segregate schools. Or Joe could walk in and challenge Miranda .v Arizona. Then police officers wouldn't have to read you your rights when you get arrested. Might as well get rid of it anyway, jast watch any Cops episode and you'll see that NO ONE listens to them anyway!

Of course, even if one of these cases DID make it up to the Supreme Court, Joe Schmo wouldn't win. However, when it got there, Joe Schmo would ALREADY KNOW how "Justice Alito" would vote, because Joe like politics, and had watched the Confirmation Hearings.

So, what I'm getting at is, Smauel Alito either can comment on ANYTHING, or he can comment on NOTHING, because you never know when someone may want to take public defenders away from the poor criminals! (Gedion v. Wainwright)

Besides, he's a Republican Judge who's being appointed by a Republican President! I think we know how he'll vote on Roe v. Wade. That's the difference between him and Justice Ginsberg. She had a "You already know what I believe in and how I'm going to vote. But I'm going to humor you. Here's my views, you can take it or leave it!"

BTW, I'm streaming the Hearings. And guess what? A Republican is standing up for Alito against those "EVIL Liberal America-Haters!"

Jeez . . .

-Adam