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Judge Sam Alito

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Are you comfortable with having Sam Alito approved as the next Supreme Court Justice?

This entry was posted by politicalvine, on Saturday, January 14th, 2006 at 9:53 am and is filed under Law and Justice and You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

6 Responses to “Judge Sam Alito”

vkaryl Says:
January 14th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
Hello Bill – you don’t know me but I know kickass…. I’d like your thoughts on the possible appointment of Sam Alito to Sandra Day O’Connor’s seat on the Supreme Court.

Welcome to the world of WordPress blogging, btw!
Bill Says:
January 15th, 2006 at 12:11 am
Hi, Vicki. Thank you for helping test out the site that Kickass installed.

To your question…I have not had the time to listen to any of the hearings, so, I’m going on what I remember being said about him on one particular issue, and that is related to the abortion issue.

I recall one of the things said/written about Alito was that he didn’t believe there was a
“constitutional right to privacy,” and this could become the basis for overturning Roe v. Wade.

Without getting into any kind of argument over the concept of abortion, I think anyone who doesn’t believe that people have an inherent, innate, or even an unalienable right (as described in the Declaration of Independence) to privacy, then I will fear what Judge Alito does on the Supreme Court, whether on the matter of abortion or ANY matter concerning the rights of citizens vs. the rights of government.

Your thoughts?
John Smith Says:
January 15th, 2006 at 4:35 am
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January 15th, 2006 at 11:24 am
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vkaryl Says:
January 15th, 2006 at 8:52 pm
Hello again, Bill.

My thoughts…. hey, you want to move to Utah so we can have real privacy here?

I am 100% in agreement with you. In the short run, Roe vs Wade is only a stalking horse; in the long run, Mr. Alito’s backpedaling on privacy is seriously scary.

I think the only thing that perhaps mitigates my unease about Mr. Alito a bit is the fact that he’s only one…. though of course that’s never a guarantee of anything.

I’m a major believer in personal freedom (until your fist hits my nose!), states’ rights, and the privacy of the individual. I’m pretty seriously unhappy with the last appointees to the Court – well, I’m pretty seriously unhappy with the current administration for a number of reasons.

Thanks for a thoughtful response. I’ve bookmarked Political Vine, and will be linking some of your posts to a blog or so of my own.
Bill Simon Says:
January 15th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Thank you, Vickie! As soon as I figure out what all of these new terms mean (bookmark, bookmarklet, spider, etc.), I might become as “hip” on blogging as you and Kickass. 🙂

Today's Deep Thought

The whole town laughed at my great-grandfather, just because he worked hard and saved his money. True, working at the hardware store didn't pay much, but he felt it was better than what everybody else did, which was go up to the volcano and collect the gold nuggets it shot out everyday. It turned out he was right. After forty years, the volcano petered out. Everybody left town and the hardware store went broke. Finally he decided to collect gold nuggets too, but there weren't many left by then. Plus, he broke his leg and the doctor's bills were real high.