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Once again, President Bush has offered the United States a Supreme Court nominee whose previous record causes much worry that he will roll back well precedented rights and legal protections. Judge Samuel Alito, appropriately nicknamed “Scalito” by his critics, is a radical conservative and a terrible choice for the bench. Our Senators must do all that they can to prevent him from joining the highest court in the land.Although Alito is more qualified for the position than the previous nominee, Harriet Miers, this not saying much. To be even considered for the Supreme Court...
Behind the staff’s sophistry lies the belief that conservatism qua conservatism disqualifies a Supreme Court nominee. We disagree and believe that Samuel Alito is an eminently qualified judge who deserves a quick confirmation by the Senate...
Unlike Harriet Miers, Alito boasts an impeccable résumé. A graduate of Princeton and Yale Law School, Alito spent the early part of his career working in prestigious positions within the Justice Department. Nominated to the federal bench in 1990, he secured unanimous confirmation from the Senate. Since then he has accumulated more experience in the federal judiciary than any other Supreme Court nominee in 70 years. Present and former colleagues of all political persuasions have been quick to praise Alito as an impartial, meticulous, and talented jurist...
...However, even though Alito supported the general idea that feminist thought could be a basis for seeking political asylum, he denied the woman's request to stay in the U.S., ruling she had not made the case that she specifically would be singled out by Iranian authorities, one of the keys to an asylum request. Says Demleitner: "It showed to me his incredible compassion but his effort to issue a fair opinion within the law [that he had to work with...
...While his decision may seem contradictory, his clerks say, it actually illustrates Alito's style. He is willing to look at the law in ways that help protect people, but he is ever mindful of the specifics of a case. The woman won in philosophy-that feminists are entitled to protection-but lost on the facts because she failed to prove to Alito that she herself was such a feminist in danger of persecution...