Feingold is one guy I trust to really think about the full dimension of any issue, not simply to be lobbied or to vote strategically.

THink it through and if you come to the conclusion that he's acceptable, I won't have any less respect or admiration for you.

Russ, I just want to let you know... I have mad respect for you, from what I've seen so far I think you look like the real deal.

Right now, I think that Alito is lying and playing the Senate Dems for fools.  "I don't remember." wink*wink  Uh huh...

If you vote for him, I suppose I'll have to take a HARD look at my stance, but right now... I hope that if you think he's being shady, you go balls-out to stop this guy.  Let the seat SIT WITH O'CONNOR OR EVEN EMPTY until someone who's not a lying bastard can make a real appointment.

At this point Bush has lost all credibility of all issues, so don't give him the benefit of the doubt on ANYTHING.  WHEN IN DOUBT, OPPOSE.

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If you read this, I urge you to vote against referring the nomination of Samuel Alito to the full Senate.

Judge Alito has demonstrated his clear support for an unchecked executive power, which will result in the Leviathan that Hobbes posited.

Judge Alito thinks it is reasonable for police officers to conduct a warrantless strip-search of a 10-year-old girl.  How do we explain that to our children?  If that is reasonable, what remains of the Fourth Amendment?  Under his theory, unreasonable searches would probably be limited to those by FBI agents searching Karl Rove's computer.  Even Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff found the conduct grossly unreasonable, and strongly criticized Judge Alito's reasoning.

Judge Alito conveniently forgot his membership (once proudly proclaimed) in CAP, an organization whose primary focus was to oppose admission of women and minorities to Princeton.  What do we tell our daughters about the glass ceiling, especially since he was nominated to replace groundbreaker Sandra Day O'Connor?  Oh well, just add back another layer of plate glass...

Unlike Justice Roberts, who confirmed that Roe is "settled precedent,"  Judge Alito has telegraphed his willingness to revisit Roe.  What do we tell women in this country with unsafe or unwanted pregnancies?  I suppose there's always the back alley...

Your vote on Alito may well be the most important one you ever cast in the Senate.  There are plenty of conservative candidates for the bench who do not represent a dramatic shift to the far right.  Please oppose Judge Alito's nomination in every way possible.

His failure to recuse himself in Vaguard may have been ethical, but it was a violation of his promise to the committee. He didn't put limits on it when he made the promise, but he now claims he never intended it to be forever. Can you trust him? I don't think so.

He claims not to remember CAP, although he featured it prominately on his resume and touted it to the Reagan administration as indicative of his conservative philosphy. Was he lying to the Reagan administration then or is lying to the committee now? How is it, he can remember every opinion he ever wrote, but he cannot remember CAP? Can you trust him? Again, I don't think so.

Vote No.  

Meiers was Bush's choice. Alito is Rove's choice. We would have been better off with Meiers.

Filibuster!

 Judge Alito's previous writings and rulings make it clear that he agrees with the president's interpretation, and would most likely vote to affirm it. Right now, with the Congress in the hands of the president's party, and its leaders showing no inclination to challenge him in the slightest, the Supreme Court is the only institution capable of holding this administration in check.  Samuel Alito would not do so. Indeed, he shows every intention of affirming the Bush administration's views on presidential power. If he were allowed to rule on this issue, it would give the color of constitutionality to some of the worst abuses of power in our history. Samuel Alito cannot be allowed to sit on the Supreme Court.

If Alito's view of the imperial presidency is added to the court I'm certain the current administration won't need no stinkin' Patriot Act. It'll all become moot. Now is the time to stop them.

I practice a version of constitutional law, and I can say that Alito's confirmation will be a devastating blow to every remnant of the Warren Court's protections of individual liberty and civil rights.

Let's make this one a "Dewey Defeats Truman" moment.  

The fact that our triangle is broken does not mean we should just lay down.

If there ever was an extraordinary circumstance, this is it.  As Bowers indicated, this is the crucial battle of our time.  If there is no filibuster on this nominee, then we truly live in a one-party state, and our Democratic Party Senators and Representatives can and perhaps should go home and "relax."

Judge Alito always sides with power, not law, not our Constitution, not Democracy.

Judge Alito sees an imperial presidency that is synonymous with dictatorship.  One that can overrule the Senate, the House and the Courts at every turn Alito is the deciding vote on the unlimited unbounded power that Bush and Cheney claim.

If this administration is not stopped here and now, then where and when?  What is left to stop them?

Especially after Alito votes to give imperial power to the presidency.

To say that I am urging a "no" vote would be an understatement.

The powder is dry sir, and with your Roberts vote you have shown your wisdom in allowing the Cheif Executive have his choices, now is the time to excercise common sense.

-C.

If you are reading this, sir, I merely ask that whatever decision you reach on this nominee, you speak out vocally and make your views clear. We have your back if you truly believe Justice Alito is appropriate for the Supreme Court and you have my vote for President in 2008. Please, vote for what is right.