Election could tip balance of Supreme Court
CNN (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Republican Sen. John McCain likes fellow conservative justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama does not think much of Clarence Thomas.
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Tilting the Courts
Bark Bark Woof Woof (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Erwin Chemerinsky at Salon.com speculates what the judicial landscape could look like if John McCain wins the election. McCain has said that he wants to appoint conservative justices like Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito. Obama voted against confirmation of both of those individuals and has said that he would pick liberal justices like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer....
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Supreme Court's future hangs on whether it's McCain or Obama
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Conservative legal activists view Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito as remarkable successes in President Bush's quest to move the court to the right, and that is part of the reason that, as the court begins its work anew today, public attention is focused less on the cases at hand than on the court's future.
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Election could decide future of the federal courts
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
The next president could have the opportunity to name three or four justices to the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republican Sen. John McCain likes fellow conservative justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama does not think much of Clarence Thomas. That may seem like an oversimplified summary of what the two major candidates [...]
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Election could decide future of the federal courts
CNN (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Republican Sen. John McCain likes fellow conservative justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama does not think much of Clarence Thomas.
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Viewing the Constitution from the Right
democrats.com (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
By David Swanson Bruce Fein's new book "Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy," is written by someone who admits he voted for Bush and Cheney twice, supported the appointments of John Roberts and Samuel Alito with no apparent regrets, proposes Robert Bork as a model justice, admires Rehnquist and Scalia, supported the impeachment of Bill Clinton and wanted...
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Right Issues Demands on SCOTUS
Right Wing Watch (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
The Hill reports that even though John McCain has repeatedly and explicitly promised to nominate judges like John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, the Right is still a little unsure that they can trust him and so they decided to work explicit language into the GOP platform in order to send him a clear message : Republican conservatives have given John McCain a warning on what kind of...
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It's Not A Cudgel
First Draft (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Ask a question: Will Antonin Scalia be denied the Eucharist for his public mis-statements of the Roman Catholic church's position on the death penalty? Will Scalia, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas be refused communion for their continued enabling...
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Morning Bytes: Troubling sports-politics connections
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Seems like every time I turn the channel these days there's some link between sports and politics. Sarah Palin was a TV sportscaster. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is a rabid Phillies fan. Barack Obama, if elected, will install a basketball court in the White House. Joe Biden played Little League baseball in Scranton.
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Biden and the Supreme Court
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
The supposedly moderate Joe Biden sure didn't act like a moderate when it came to his votes regarding Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. On John Roberts , September 22, 2005: Three Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have voted YES to confirm John Roberts--Patrick Leahy, Herb Kohl, and shockingly, Russ Feingold. Ted Kennedy, Dianne Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, and Dick Durbin...
- Matt Lewis: Biden on Supreme Court Judges - Townhall.com
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What Joe Biden said about the public expression of religiosity.
Althouse (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
So I'm looking back at all my old posts tagged "biden" to see how I've reacted to him over the last few years, and he comes out looking pretty good. Now, I didn't like his voting against John Roberts and Samuel Alito, but I understand why he did it, and I didn't object to his questioning the hearings. Simulblogging the hearings, this is the worst thing I ever said about Biden : Joe Biden is hamming...
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McCain Will Seek Pro-Abort Judges
Pro-Life News (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Flashback - May 6, 2008 WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Tuesday he would appoint judges in the mould of John Roberts, Samuel Alito and former Chief Justice William Rehnquist if he were elected in...
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Video with Justice Samuel Alito
IPBiz (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Pepperdine has a video involving Justice Alito. The video also includes Judge Michael McConnell, a conservative who greatly assisted the career of Barack Obama . McConnell noted of Obama: "To understand what someone else is trying to say isn't just an editorial skill. It's a life skill.” IPBiz notes that this might be viewed more as an indictment of the way student-run law reviews are typically managed....
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Disgruntled Republicans Work to Undermine McCain's Pledge on Judges
Right Wing Watch (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
As John McCain continues to work to win over right-wing leaders, activists, and voters, the one constant theme he has been hammering is his pledge to nominate judges like John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court; a promise...
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And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor
The Sideshow (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Barry Crimmins on Alito's dissent in the Supreme Court's recent death penalty decision : " Child abuse thrives when authoritarians rule -- authoritarians like Samuel Alito. Abused kids are already freaked out enough without having bloodthirsty men in robes boohooing their inability to take a life for an eye . Alito has inveighed against compassion at every turn but now we're supposed to believe that...
