Comments on: Alito Out?

By: Amy Allen

Amy Allen — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:44:47 +0000

Why would Specter want to risk leading a high profile campaing against Specter that could, as another commenter noted, lead to his ouster as Judiciary chairman? He knows his tenuous place among his more conservative colleagues, and will do the administration’s bidding.

By: RightWingBob.com - A different kind of Bob Dylan fan site

RightWingBob.com - A different kind of Bob Dylan fan site — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:28:20 +0000

[...] To make matters worse, it appears that Specter has some particular history with Alito that could make him act in an even more pig-brained way than usual. From Patterico: In 1991, Arlen Specter and other political and union leaders filed a lawsuit challenging the closure of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The shipyard had been targeted by a closure list created pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act. Specter was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit. He and the other plaintiffs argued that the process was stacked against the shipyard, but a federal judge threw out the suit, ruling that the federal courts had no authority to review the decision. [...]

By: Dan Nadas

Dan Nadas — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:46:58 +0000

Specter and Alito both have Yale in their bloood since they both went to Yale Law. Blood is thicker than water under the bridge. Specter will support Alito.

By: Big Lizards

Big Lizards — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:25:14 +0000

AP Sez Alito!

AP says that President Bush has selected Judge Samuel Alito to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court. Here is Alito’s c.v. from the Federal Judicial Center: Born 1950 in Trenton, NJ Federal Judicial Service: U. S….

By: Small Town Veteran

Small Town Veteran — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:20:05 +0000

A Halloween Treat, Or Another Trick?

… I’ll update this post with new information as the day goes on.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:41:17 +0000

I don’t like Specter any more than the next conservative, but that doesn’t mean I can’t write him off. I honestly believe that Specter is the most important Senator in terms of court appointments. If he opposes a nominee, it gives other RINOs (Collins, Snowe, Chaffee, Warner) political cover. It also gives the Dems cover to possibly filibuster. And Specter is the type of guy you want inside of the tent pissing out than outside of the tent pissing in — he will go to the wall either way. If I was in the Bush Admin, I would definitely go to Specter and find out what he thinks of Alito rather than react to the conflicting reports.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:16:37 +0000

I don’t think it would be that hard for Specter to publicly oppose Alito over the usual stupid Specter stuff (Roe v. Wade, acknowledgement that there is another amendment tucked in there between the Ninth and Eleventh, super duper pooper scooper precedents, etc.) while privately doing so only because he’s pissed at the guy. He can’t publicly oppose “Scalito” on the case itself since we all know Scalito was right. But he can oppose him for the same reason some of us like to call him Scalito - which is roughly the same reason that he did oppose Robert Bork.

By: Paul Deignan

Paul Deignan — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:39:26 +0000

The best pick is Jones. Comments?

By: Patterico

Patterico — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:09:14 +0000

I think it would be very tough for Specter to fight Alito publicly, given his public praise for Alito. And indeed, that public praise goes a long way towards reassuring me that there is no issue there. But behind-the-scenes manipulation is often quite different from what happens publicly, so I am not entirely reassured — just mostly.

By: savet

savet — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:01:25 +0000

Senator Sphincter is a pain in the a**!