Bush taps Alito for Supreme Court
October 31st, 2005As usual, Michelle Malkin has a nice roundup of news and opinion about the nomination of Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court. Any thoughts or reactions? From what I’ve read so far, I like the pick.
9 Responses to “Bush taps Alito for Supreme Court”
Alito looks to be an excellent pick. My only question is why we had to live through the Miers charade in order to get to Alito.
I’m a little puzzled, too. I assumed that when Miers was announced that Alito had quietly - very quietly - made it known he didn’t want the position.
Miers was the setup to Alito, pure and simple. George and Laura offered their friend (Miers) as a moderate supreme court judge. This was to please the Dems. Look at the many meetings Bush had with judicial committee members prior to the Miers announcement.
In addition, Miers was the unknown equivalent to Justice Souter; start out a little on the conservative side, then change focus. This would’ve been good for the Dems, but bad for conservatives.
Now the Dems have a hard road to face: if they make life really hard for Alito, including a filibuster, the Dems might as well stick a fork in their national party. They’re not unified at all.
Quite frankly I don’t think Miers was a charade. I think Bush truly thought she was the right pick (or he just wanted one of his loyal supporters to have a good job with lifetime security) and expected that the usual ‘cheerleaders’ he has among high profile Christians would rally the troops for him on her behalf. For sure the ‘cheerleaders’ tried to do their job in many cases but there was too much wrong with Miers’ nomination to overcome. She went down because of opposition from Bush’s own party and supporters not due to Democrat opposition. The Alito choice is an attempt to shore up support among those of us who trusted him with our vote after having possible high court vacancies waved in front of our faces as THE primary reason to re-elect George Bush.
Larry - I can agree with your response. I do believe though that the Dems should’ve spoken more strongly for Miers, but their own division (and lack of good judgement ?!?) caused them to stumble. Now their backs are against the wall.
And, no, I am not a card-carrying member of the DNC. However, I do like to be an observer.
Mark, I think you’re correct as well about the Dems. This will be interesting especially since Alito apparently passed the Senate on two previous occasions (for confirmation as a US Attorney and a federal judge if I’m not mistaken) with no Democrat opposition.
Yes, funny how that happened and now the Dems are voicing adament rejection. The Dems need to fall back and gather themselves…morally speaking, of course.
If this St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial is any clue, he will be rejected solely because of his pro-life decisions…
U.S. SUPREME COURT: The fight is on
“Only in the most exceptional case should judicial ideology defeat a nominee for the court. But the circumstances surrounding Judge Alito’s nomination make ideology relevant.”
I wasn’t crazy about Miers, but I predicted that if she were booed out then some wingnut would be nominated- maybe for once I predicted something correctly.