"Scalito"

[Mozz]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1851462,00.html

Time for a drink :rs031:

 

[The Big Al]

Bye bye Grizwlad and Row v. Wade. Though this isn't a surprise. The Democrats better fight like Hell against this one. We're close enough to elections that the nuclear option will burn the Republicans worse than the Democrats.

 

[GrnMarvl14]

GASP...SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE.

But, for anyone interested, CNN.com's got a quick fact list on where he stands on the major issues. To make it even quicker:

Christmas displays:

ACLU v. Schundler
168 F.3d 92 (3d Cir. 1999)
Wrote the opinion in a case that said a Christmas display on city property did not violate separation of church and state doctrines because it included a large plastic Santa Claus as well as religious symbols.

Abortion:

Planned Parenthood v. Casey
947 F.2d 682 (3d Cir. 1991)
Disagreed with the majority in a ruling striking down a Pennsylvania law that required women to notify their husbands if they planned to get an abortion.

Article on his abortion ruling.

Asylum (as in seeking asylum from another government...not as in home of the mentally disturbed):

Fatin v. INS
12 F.3d 1233 (3d Cir. 1993)
Agreed with the majority that a woman seeking asylum could establish eligibility by showing that she had an abhorrence with a country's "gender specific laws and repressive social norms," or because of a belief in feminism or membership in a feminist group. However, the court ruled that Fatin, an Iranian woman, did not meet the standards for asylum.

Harassment:

Saxe v. State College Area School District
240 F.3d 200 (3d Cir. 2001)
Agreed with the majority that struck down a public school district's anti-harassment policy, saying the policy about what constituted harassment was too broad and violated the First Amendment.

Shore Regional High School Board of Education v. P.S.
381 F.3d 194 (3d Cir. 2004)
Agreed with the majority in a ruling that held a school district failed to provide free education to a high school student because it did not protect that student from bullying and taunting from fellow students who harassed him because of his lack of athleticism and his perceived sexual orientation.

Racism:

Williams v. Price
343 F.3d 223 (3d Cir. 2003)
Agreed with the majority granting a writ of habeas corpus to an African-American prisoner after state courts would not hear the testimony of a witness who said he heard a juror make racist remarks after the trial was over.

Due Process:

Homar v. Gilbert
89 F.3d 1009 (3d Cir. 1996)
Disagreed with a majority that ruled a state university violated due process by suspending a campus police officer without pay and without a hearing after he was arrested on drug charges. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the case on other grounds, but agreed with Alito that no hearing had been required.

Granted, the above leaves out one major issue (anything involving gays, although in the second harassment case, it can be construed that he was pro-gay...but that's a HUGE stretch) and is very vague on another issue (separation of church and state), but it gives a good idea. I'm not really seeing anything major that I have an issue with...so far.

 

[Mozz]

You'll find something, trust me.

 

[Archaic]

Interestingly, this guy has also at one point voted to strike down the partial birth abortion ban.

 

[The Big Al]

Great. Tell me. Is this the kind of man who you really want on the highest court of the land?

 

[GrnMarvl14]

You'll find something, trust me.

Found it. He once said that banning the sale of machine guns was UNCONSTITUTIONAL. It hurts my head.

 

[Mozz]

Found it. He once said that banning the sale of machine guns was UNCONSTITUTIONAL. It hurts my head.

In United States v. Rybar, Judge Alito wrote a blistering dissent from the majority opinion which held that, notwithstanding United States v. Lopez, Congress had the power to use the Interstate Commerce power to prohibit the mere possession of machine guns manufactured after May 1986, even though Congress had made no findings about the effect of such machine guns on interstate commerce. Judge Alito's dissent did not address the majority's assertion that Rybar had no Second Amendment rights because Rybar was not a member of the militia.

http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_23-2005_10_29.shtml#1130566924

 

[The Big Al]

To get this back on topic. Discussions in the Senate aren't scheduled to begin until next year. Obiviously this shoves a possible vote closer to the elections. So, Republicans might be a little gun shy with the nuclear option considering their approval ratings is less than comforting and they could wind up handing massive power to the Democrats come next November.

 

[The Big Al]

Excuse me people. This thread was to discuss the supreme court nomination. If you want to discuss hiring people with AIDS, make another thread.

 

[Mozz]

Alito is cool.