L.A. Times Runs Fair Article on Judge Alito
The L.A. Times has a highly complimentary article about Sam Alito in this morning’s paper. The article quotes numerous leftists who have nothing but praise for Judge Alito, saying he judges cases according to the text and the applicable laws, rather than according to the result he’d like.
There is a great quote from liberal former judge Timothy K. Lewis, who worked with Judge Alito on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals:
Alito does not have an agenda, contrary to what the Republican right is saying about him being a “home run.” He is not result-oriented. He is an honest conservative judge who believes in judicial restraint and judicial deference.
Don’t you get it, Judge Lewis? That is a home run!
Judge Lewis has described exactly the sort of judge that conservatives like me want to see appointed: not someone looking to incorporate their political views in judicial decisions, but rather someone who will refuse to do that.
This article reveals the criticism of Alito by the PFAWs of this world as the hysterical hyperbole that it is.
Kudos to the L.A. Times for running such a fair and balanced article.
The LA Times fair?? Quick! Someone check the temperature in Hades! 🙂
Anthony (Los Angeles) (f93591) — 11/2/2005 @ 12:35 pmSo, there really is a new sherriff in (the) LA(Times).
TNugent (6128b4) — 11/2/2005 @ 12:41 pmBetween this and their refreshingly sensible take on most of the Arnold Amendments, I’m beginning to suspect the same.
Xrlq (6c76c4) — 11/2/2005 @ 2:47 pmLeftists don’t understand why “an honest conservative judge who believes in judicial restraint and judicial deference” is what we are asking for in the first place. They don’t understand why we don’t want “results-oriented” judges because that is what they want. They simply think we are doing what they do.
General Grant (20e327) — 11/2/2005 @ 2:57 pmAlito defended sodomy?
From AP: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1154AP_Alito_Privacy.html
Hmm… To avoid a fight with your own party (ahem, again) over gay rights, you might dismiss this as passing collegiate idealism.
Tillman (1cf529) — 11/2/2005 @ 4:36 pm[…] Here’s what we mean when we say you just don’t get it: Patterico’s Pontifications: L.A. Times Runs Fair Article on Judge Alito The L.A. Times has a highly complimentary article about Sam Alito in this morning’s paper. The article quotes numerous leftists who have nothing but praise for Judge Alito, saying he judges cases according to the text and the applicable laws, rather than according to the result he’d like. […]
Common Sense Junction » Blog Archive » Liberals Just Don’t Get It (9f4d0e) — 11/2/2005 @ 5:21 pmOur esteemed host wrote:
File this under “Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.” Just the fact that you found a fair and balanced article in the Los Angeles Times to be a newsworthy event in itself is very telling.
Dana R. Pico (8d0335) — 11/2/2005 @ 5:59 pm