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Originally Posted by tw
Alito is a sure confirmation for one simple reason. He has demonstrated he is a good judge. I wish we could say same about Justice Clarence Thomas who somehow does not have the same grasp of judicial principles that the other existing justices have.
Meanwhile, some left wing Senators really made themselves look foolish. Unfortunately, they had not fundamentally valid reasons for opposing the nomination other than current political confrontation.
Do I think Alito will vote to overturn Roe? Yes. Did he deny it? Basically yes. But he demonstrated fundamental qualifications for being a judge. And that is all that matters back when religious extremists were not trying to impose their religion on all others. Alito should be confirmed to the Supreme Court easily.
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what about his membership to C.A.P? What about him writing on a job application saying no woman has a constitutional right to an abortion now saying he only did it get the job? He has argued strenuously in favor of the strip search of a 10-year-old girl not accused of criminal wrongdoing; supported warrantless surveillance of a criminal suspect when other courts had disallowed the practice; and tried to strip his fellow judges of the power to grant habeas corpus rights to undocumented immigrants, a position pointedly repudiated by the Supreme Court.I mean, really, the only people looking foolish at this point are the conservatives.