Justice Sam Alito breaks ranks with Conservatives on very first vote...

[CheshireVal]

I want to know what a "sleath" liberal is. And do I want to be one?

 

[JennyMominRI]

You are going to disappoint the left with such common sense that it isn't fair!
They would prefer to think that Justice Alito is a sleath liberal who is going to change the face of America and really stick it to the president!

i wouldn't/I just hope he can make fair decisions based on the law..If he does this,some will fall on the conservatove side,and some on the liberal end..It's what I expect from ANY justice

 

[DawnCt1]

The OP did not say that. She was complimenting Alito for his common sense.
How do you know what anyone thinks?

I was responding to Transparent's post when she interjected the reason Alito responded as he did. Not to the OP.

 

[DawnCt1]

I want to know what a "sleath" liberal is. And do I want to be one?

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"SLEATH" is a typo. I meant STEALTH.

 

[wvrevy]

I can never figure out in these discussions just why it is so horribly evil for a judge to be considered "liberal". Liberals are concerned with people's rights...with liberty, the very root of the word that some people like to throw around as an insult.

I mean...if a decision comes along that pits the rights of a corporation against the rights of an individual, Justices Scalia and Thomas can't pipe up in favor of the corporation fast enough. So, why on earth would anybody be proud to support that type of a "justice"?

 

[DawnCt1]

I mean...if a decision comes along that pits the rights of a corporation against the rights of an individual, Justices Scalia and Thomas can't pipe up in favor of the corporation fast enough. So, why on earth would anybody be proud to support that type of a "justice"?

That's not exactly true. Consider the eminant domain ruling in Ct. Scalia and Thomas did not feel that the State of Ct. could take privately owned property and give it to a private corporation or business for the purpose of raising revenue. They came down on the side of the homeowners. It was Souter, et al, who decided that property rights were unimportant. I believe that Alito addressed the issue of review of death penalty cases during his confirmation hearings and indicated that he would support a review in many cases and would break a tie in that direction in certain circumstances.

 

[scubamouse]

Isn't he Catholic? A lot of Catholics take pro-life to be anti-abortion and anti-death penalty. At least they're consistent!

 

[CapeCodTenor]

I can never figure out in these discussions just why it is so horribly evil for a judge to be considered "liberal". Liberals are concerned with people's rights...with liberty, the very root of the word that some people like to throw around as an insult.

I can say the same for the term conservative. I went to a Conservatory in Boston where 95% of the student body, and professors, were leberal. You should have seen the looks I got when I told people I was conservative. In one conversation a theater major said to me, "OMG! You're a conservative?" Now add a very nasty look to the face and say that in a very nasty way. This was the norm. So we conservatives get it a lot as well.

 

[mickeyfan2]

Isn't he Catholic? A lot of Catholics take pro-life to be anti-abortion and anti-death penalty. At least they're consistent!

I am not sure if he is Catholic, but I am and I agree with your statement. BTW cute picture.

 

[mickeyfan2]

I can say the same for the term conservative. I went to a Conservatory in Boston where 95% of the student body, and professors, were leberal. You should have seen the looks I got when I told people I was conservative. In one conversation a theater major said to me, "OMG! You're a conservative?" Now add a very nasty look to the face and say that in a very nasty way. This was the norm. So we conservatives get it a lot as well.

But if they are so for "liberty" then they should accept your right to be a conservative. Or are they only for the "liberty" that they say is acceptable?

 

[Independent]

"SLEATH" is a typo. I meant STEALTH.

And here I thought it was a Freudian slip and you were thinking sleazy

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

From the conversations we've had during the election, I'd have to say this one....

Or are they only for the "liberty" that they say is acceptable?

 

[Disney Gator]

Don't you guys ever get tired of this? Left makes fun of Right, Right makes fun of Left. No matter which way it goes it's really the pot calling the kettle black.

 

[KarenC]

Alito, Roberts, Scalia and Thomas are all Catholics. The Catholic church frowns on capital punishment and opposes it when other methods of punishment are available, as they certainly are in our country. I wouldn't necessarily take Alito's position on this small issue as a sign that I was wrong to worry about him.

 

[goofygirl]

I would certainly be nice if the conservatives started acting *conservative* rather than invading other countries, cutting health care to the poor so they can die on the streets and executing everyone. No, wait, there's a zygote somewhere that's been frozen for a decade that some conservative wants to fight for...

Yeah, yeah...

That is soooo true! lol.

If you are not a zygote, fetus, or in a vegatative state they don't give a damn about you.

 

[wvrevy]

Wow...criticism from a conservative with a non-ironic George Orwell quote in their signature.

You have every right to be a conservative. Not sure anybody would say otherwise. But that's ok...I know how much you guys like setting up strawmen arguments just so you can look good when you knock them down.

To the person that asked if it got old...No, it doesn't. It can be disheartening, realizing that you share the country with people that have no interest in thinking for themselves, but I wouldn't call it "old". Besides, there's endless comedy involved. I mean, where else but in politics could you find the kind of massive hypocrisy on display Tuesday, when Bush, having just talked about the importance of high ethical standards in congress, exited the room with Tom Delay in his hip pocket. Then there was the line about the importance of education...a few short days after his Republican congress gutted the Pell Grant program that many poor students - including myself - used to go to college.

I mean...where else can you find that kind of massive hypocrisy and arrogance ?

 

[scubamouse]

I am not sure if he is Catholic, but I am and I agree with your statement. BTW cute picture.

why thank you!

Wow...criticism from a conservative with a non-ironic George Orwell quote in their signature.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

To the person that asked if it got old...No, it doesn't. It can be disheartening, realizing that you share the country with people that have no interest in thinking for themselves, but I wouldn't call it "old". Besides, there's endless comedy involved. I mean, where else but in politics could you find the kind of massive hypocrisy on display Tuesday, when Bush, having just talked about the importance of high ethical standards in congress, exited the room with Tom Delay in his hip pocket. Then there was the line about the importance of education...a few short days after his Republican congress gutted the Pell Grant program that many poor students - including myself - used to go to college.

What's pathetic is that some of these Conservatives think that being spoon fed right-wing rhetoric from this Administration, even when it completely flies in the face of truth and common sense, somehow constitutes being a "free thinker". I just don't get it...gladly never will!!

 

[eclectics]

Then there was the line about the importance of education...a few short days after his Republican congress gutted the Pell Grant program that many poor students - including myself - used to go to college.

I mean...where else can you find that kind of massive hypocrisy and arrogance ?

"No Child Left Behind" was a brilliant advertising line. It did it's job at the voters booth and now it can be quietly discarded as the empty promise it always was.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

"No Child Left Behind" was a brilliant advertising line. It did it's job at the voters booth and now it can be quietly discarded as the empty promise it always was.

Wait until you see what they call the new domestic wiretapping program, eclectics!! I'll bet it's going to be something like the "Golden Eagle Flag Apple Pie Sea to Shining Sea Act"...it can't miss!!!!!