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Biden and the Supreme Court (FREEDOM EDEN)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:47:00 GMT

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...

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What Joe Biden said about the public expression of religiosity. (Althouse)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:53:00 GMT

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...

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McCain Will Seek Pro-Abort Judges (Pro-Life News)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:23:53 GMT

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)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:33:00 GMT

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...

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Disgruntled Republicans Work to Undermine McCain's Pledge on Judges (Right Wing Watch)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:37:30 GMT

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)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:52:09 GMT

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...

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Poll: McCain And Obama Tied Among Catholics (The Huffington Post)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:50:05 GMT

Douglas Kmiec is the kind of Catholic voter the GOP usually doesn't have to think twice about. The Pepperdine law professor and former Reagan Justice Department lawyer (Samuel Alito was an office mate) attends Mass each morning. He has actively opposed abortion for most of his adult life, working with crisis pregnancy centers to persuade women not to undergo the procedure. He is a member...

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McCain’s awkward Lieberman problem. (Think Progress)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:19:10 GMT

The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Meckler notes that “Sen. John McCain says he’s outraged that presidential rival Barack Obama opposed the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts.” But McCain “seemed a lot less interested in criticizing his close friend” Joe Lieberman for opposing Alito. Lieberman explained his vote [...]

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McCain and Obama both criticized the Supreme Court for rejecting the death penalty for the rape of a child, but McCain points to the real distinction. (Althouse)

noreply@blogger.com (Ann Althouse) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:42:00 GMT

WaPo reports: McCain emphasized that he would seek out Supreme Court appointees along the lines of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, saying they're the kind of jurists who will rule in favor of crime victims. "They will be the kind of judges who believe in giving everyone in a criminal court their due: justice for the guilty and the innocent, compassion for the victims,...

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The Nader Supreme Court - Right Wing as It Gets (Paul Soglin: Waxing America)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:06:02 GMT

It is clear that the Nader Supreme Court with the additions of the two most recent appointees, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito will viciously reshape American law until the time comes when one of the five conservative...

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SCOTUS Rules No Death Penalty for Child Rape (Tammy Bruce)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:31:42 GMT

The Beast. The decision was 5-4. As with the Gitmo decision, the usual suspects failed us: Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. Dissenting in the case were Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Samuel Alito. Kennedy noted, btw, the "evolving standards of decency" affected the decision. I would say so--the last of a decency standard of...

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SCOTUS slashes Exxon damages for Valdez spill by $2 billion. (Think Progress)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:45:04 GMT

This morning, the Supreme Court issued a 5-3 decision (Justice Samuel Alito did not participate) slashing punitive damages Exxon Mobil must pay for the 1989 Valdez spill disaster from $2.5 billion to $500 million. “Nearly 33,000 Alaskans are in line to share in the award,” AP reports, which have been cut now from $75,000 each [...]

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Atlantic Yards News: NY Papers Applaud Supreme Court Decision in Atlantic Yards Favor (No Land Grab)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:55:39 GMT

"In Atlantic Yards Favor?" We think they meant "In Atlantic Yards's Favor," but yes, the Supreme Court (excepting, at minimum, Justice Samuel Alito ) did do Atlantic Yards a favor in not taking Goldstein v. Pataki . And the Daily News and the Post did Forest City Ratner a favor, too, by penning editorials that saved the company's PR department from having to come up with something of...

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Alito friendly to property rights (JasonPye.com)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:38:00 GMT

Samuel Alito seems to be a solid supporter for property rights:[I]t’s exceedingly rare for individual justices to have the clerk record how they voted on a cert petition, but here Justice Alito did just that, and in a case that...

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Justice Alito and Kelo: (The Volokh Conspiracy)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:06:00 GMT

Justice Samuel Alito was not on the Supreme Court when it handed down Kelo in 2005. However, today he revealed that he may not be a big fan of that decision....

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Why I will vote Republican. (Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:57:33 GMT

John Paul Stevens 88 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 75 Antonin Scalia 72 Anthony McLeod Kennedy 71 Stephen Gerald Breyer 69 David Souter 68 Clarence Thomas 59 Samuel Alito 58 John G Roberts 53 There's a near certaintly that the next President will be appointing at least one Justice to the Supreme Court and I'm pretty sure Senator Obama will not be appointing any Constitutionalists. The Republicans...

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McCain Will Appoint Judges in the Mold of Who Again? (The Sundries Shack)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:07:07 GMT

Many of my fellow conservatives who are tenative John McCain supporters have told me that one of the two big reasons theyr’e behind him is his oft-made promise to appoint judges “in the mold of Chief Justice John Robert and Justice Samuel Alito”. Perhaps they should hear what sweet nothings Johnny Mac is whispering in [...]

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Equal justice under law... (Innisfree)

noreply@blogger.com (KatieG) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:07:00 GMT

Thank God Anthony Kennedy is his own man... In dissent, Chief Justice John Roberts criticized his colleagues for striking down what he called "the most generous set of procedural protections ever afforded aliens detained by this country as enemy combatants." Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas also dissented. Scalia said the nation is "at war with radical Islamists"...

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What Happened to My Country': Justice for All..... (BlogNetNews.com/Iowa)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:02:00 GMT

Over the protestations of Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas that some should have fewer rights than others.... today the Supreme Court ruled that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have the constitutional right to challenge their detention in the U.S. courts. [...]

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Supreme Court Justices John Roberts And Samuel Alito Sell Stocks To Reduce Conflicts Of Interest (The Huffington Post)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:00:18 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, whose investments forced them to sit out cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, have significantly reduced their stock holdings, their latest financial disclosures show. Roberts sold all his shares in four companies last year - Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX, Fortune 500), Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO, Fortune 500), Citigroup...

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