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The Blog for Tuesday, November 01, 2005

The Miami Herald Ain't Impressed ...

    with Scalito:
    his main qualification seems to be his appeal to a narrow band of conservative ideals. This sets the stage for a messy fight over his nomination that will further divide rather than unite the country.
    The editorial board adds:
    It is not his conservatism that sets him apart, but rather his perceived alignment with a particular group of judicial partisans.
    "This nominee has a track record". Neither is the Palm Beach Post much impressed:
    For starters, Judge Alito has written in support of unreasonable and unconstitutional restrictions on abortion. He does not recognize health of the mother as a reasonable exception to such restrictions. The Supreme Court has ruled otherwise, the key vote coming from the person Judge Alito would replace — Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Judge Alito has written that it is legal to make a woman obtain permission from her spouse before having an abortion. What if a battered wife was forced to have sex?

    Also, Judge Alito's writings show a consistent bias against those seeking enforcement of their civil rights. He ruled, for example, that employees don't have the right to sue under the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Supreme Court reversed that decision.

    Like Robert Bork, Judge Alito is credentialed but unqualified because his views are too extreme. If President Bush thought that a good court fight would divert the nation's attention [from current and future indictments] , the Senate should give him that fight.
    "Bush back to base-ics with choice of Alito".

    The St Pete Times is taking a wait and see attitude: "The new nominee". And so is the Sun Sentinel ("Supreme Court"), but it does observe that "[e]xperience is not the issue here; it's his judicial ideology that threatens to jar the nation with a contentious confirmation process."

    The Tampa Trib thinks Scalito is peachy: "Opponents Can't Dispute Alito's Judicial Qualifications".

    And the Orlando Sentinel thinks a filibuster, well, just not fair: "Play Fair".

    The Buzz is taking bets on how Senator Nelson will go on this in "Alito Statements".

5:51 AM

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