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Evidently Alito to uphold a Pennsylvania law that required a woman to notify her husband before getting an abortion. This was eventually struck down by SCOTUS. I think this goes back about a dozen years or so ago. The Left is gearing up to frame Alito as believing, Taliban-like, that a woman is the property of her husband.

The obvious objection ("the baby is the father's too and he has a right to know") will obviously not fly since it's pro-choice dogma that no one may tell a woman what to do with her body.

What's a better counter to the frame?

An on-line poll of the Alito pick is here:

http://presidentaristotle.blogspot.com/2005/10/alito-to-supreme-court.html

is the key-word here. I gladly defer to the opinions of fellow conservatives more knowledgable of legal matters and hope we can put our positive energy and intentions behind the Alito nomination. Let's not give the other side any ammunition this time.

him into the extremist corner, and I think they risk far more by villifying him, than they do by voting for him.

You can't even turn this guy into Bork-so a fillibuster isn't going to fly.

Obviously to all but me, the PA case was Casey.

WHAT a superb choice.  A check to the RNC and e-mails to all Republican Judiciary Committee members.  Can't wait to watch the Dem meltdown.  This guy is Roberts with a Conservative Paper Trail!!! YESS!!!!

President Bush took his Harriet Mulligan and hit a hole in one.  Congratulations, Mr. President!! God Bless America!!!

I watched the CBS stream. CBS SC correspondant Thalia Assumus stated that conservitives were happy with this pick because they want to limit aborton and affirmitive action.  I guess hoping that she would say "wanting to overturn Kelo " was a bit much to ask.

and told host Bob Schieffer that he wanted a nominee "in the mold of Sandra Day O'Connor."  Lindsey Graham told him, basically, to get the hook.

You know, I've expected Alito since Erick posted his note on Friday.

President Reagan nominated him to be U.S. attorney for New Jersey, where he served for a few years until Bush the elder elevated him to the circuit court.  I mention that because I personally like the Reagan connection.

The above piece expresses my sentiments as well. From what I have seen so from we could not ask for a much better pick than Alito. This is someone that all conservatives can be proud of and support. I hope the gang of 14 holds and this gets through with the Democrats being on the losing end and looking like sour grapes.

My only concern right now is the Senate Judiciary Committee and its esteemed chair. I hope the administration does everything in its power to get Specter on our side first.

they can't help themselves.  They will try the filibuster.  There is no way on God's green earth that they will not put up a ferocious and very dirty fight.

Whether they can muster the 40 votes is a good question.  And if they do, we will find out if the GOP has the huevos to get 50 votes (+ Cheney) for the Constitutional option.

The rage of the far-left base will drive the Dems to commit the silly and futile suicide ritual.  

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The High Priestess of the Supreme Court, Nina Totenberg, had three stand out comments on the nomination of Samuel Alito during this morning's coverage.

First, she called him "filibuster bait."

Next she said, very dramatically, that if Judge Alito is confirmed, the Supreme Court would move, "dramatically, dramaaaaaaticaaaaaly, to the right."

Lastly, and most importantly, she opined that if Democrats in the Senate had fought to save the filibuster for anything, Alito's nomination was it.

Next came Cokie Roberts who reported that a senior Democrat in the Senate had described Judge Alito to her as, "a right wing wacko."

This is going to be the fight we have all been waiting for.

the Democrats are already vividly showing the public what asses they are and what they really believe in rather than the lies of their campaign's.  But also I think, as the '04 election was, another public viewing of the bias of the MSM.  They will be almost as unhinged as the Democrats and that could only further erode public opinion of them.

<DISCLAIMER> I consider myself left of center. </DISCLAIMER&gt

I don't see how Dems can filibuster Judge Alito. He seems to be intelligent, and everyone who has worked with him (as far as I have seen), liberal or conservative seems to have a lot of respect for him. At least we know where he stands.

Would I, personally like to see a less conservative Justice? Yes. Would I rather see Judge Alito than Miers on SCOTUS? Absolutely.

It's not always about what you want. It's about what  is good for the country as a whole.

Thanks for hearing me out.

That's the only possible reason anyone could oppose the nomination of Judge Alito.  There's no question he's qualified from a standpoint of intellect, experience, and - barring any surprise revelations - character.  

The initial Democrat reaction has focused exactly on that sole point - the ideology of the nominee.  I welcome that fight for two reasons:

First, it's a fight that conservatives will win in the current climate.   Republicans in the Gang of 14 have already given clear signals that ideology cannot serve as the basis for a filibuster of this nominee.  This puts Senate Democrats in a difficult position - throw their interest groups some red meat with the filibuster, and almost surely lose it in the future; or roll over and let this nominee get a floor vote with no more than token opposition.

Second, this fight sets the tone for a future in which Democrats hold the White House, but Republicans hold the Senate.  Elections have consequences, and if the Dems win the White House in 2008, or whenever they next win, we can expect nominees in the mold of Ginsburg and Breyer.  If Democrats now set the precedent that ideology is a legitimate ground to oppose a nominee, we might have the chance to head off nominations of some of the more extreme liberals that might otherwise get  the nod.

as it relates to Judge Alito.

First, you appear to be a reasonable person.

Second, Reid, Kennedy, Schumer, Boxer, etal are not.  As a matter of fact, they seem to have the combined mental ability of my big white cat.

They have to throw red meat to their base.  Since they have no programs to throw them, opposition to Alito is all they've got.  I think the picture Joe Biden attempting to teach ConLaw to the judge is precious.  Schumer, Kennedy and Feintstein making speeches in place of questions, heh.  I can't wait until it gets to the floor, I may have buy a TiVO.

Another thread here has the link, but spousal notification gets just over 70 percent support nationally.  If Democrats want to grind about something that they've got support from less than a third of the country on, then by all means go ahead and let them-- it's their political funeral, after all.

Now they seem to be arguing about whether they should "frame" Alito as a Scalia clone. It seems some of the Lefties realize that might backfire because Scalia is known to be a brilliant intellect rather than a wack-job.

It must be pretty awful when you don't have actual reasons to back up your position.

and one we need and have waited and worked for a couple of decades. When Reid shrieks and wails, all is well in the land and the thought of Boxer, Kennedy, Biden, Schumer trying to tackle Alito on constitutional law warms my cockles. We will hear lots of threats, lots of innuendos, and MSM's usual and predictable leftwing codswallop, but Alito will win, I predict. And I would also predict that Rustman, AKA  chairman of the Judiciary Committee, will either fold or abstain. In the event that he doesn't he should will be finally replaced by a true Republican. Let the games commence and let's stay united and unwavering. The Casey dissent is clear evidence of rational, restrained and reasonable judicial thinking and I salute the nomination of Judge Alito to the Supreme Court.

How as soon as Rove got cleared from the whole Plame affair President Bush nominates a true conservative? I say this is a master stroke.  It'll put about 5 or 6 vulnarable democratic senators in a tough position, while at the same time solidifying the Conservative base in time for the 06 elections.

on Alito.  A more interesting question is how the individual pro-life Republican Senators will stand if Alito is perceived to be hostile to RvW.  Spector isn't running for reelection again in all likelihood but Chafee, Snowe and Collins will be in an interesting position.  You could potentially see a small majority vote with several Repulicans on the negative side.

Mere speculation on my part.  I have no idea how Alito will be perceived.  He seems like a pretty conservative pro-business, pro-executive law and order type with strong credentials so it seems to me unlikely that he won't pass.

Polipundit figures 50 to 54 votes for confirmation.  How Specter votes will be interesting.

In John Kerry's own words, "Bring It On!"

Actually, this is a (slight variation) of the infamous George W Bush quote discussing the Iraq Insurgency:  "Bring 'em on."

This quote was one of the main factors contributing to the descriptions of Bush's foreign policy as "Cowboy Diplomacy."

Attributing it to John Kerry, when he said it as a parody of George Bush seems a bit weird.