Alito's 1st decision - he sided with the "liberals"

[adigal]

Did I miss a discussion of this on here - they were all atwitter over on freeperville. He sided with the decision that the state of Missouri could not rush to put an inmate to death. Roberts (thanks, Dems, who thought he would be moderate,) Scalia and Thomas dissented.

[Greeby]

1. Don't be fooled

This Nazi hasn't suddenly traded in his jackboots

[adigal]

3. I know - I was just amused by the freeper response n/t

[patricia92243]

That was my opinion too. He hadn't been in office but a few hours, and yo

you know he was not going to make a decision that concerned a person's life or death without time to study it.

Tell the inmates of Freeperville to calm down. He is on their side. :(

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. Something's up.

They must have been really upset by the anti-Alito polls and if he had voted conservative right away, it would have made that many more people vote against Republicans in the November 2006 election. Which also makes sense why Libby's lawyer pushed a court day to January 2007. Expect Alito to show his true colors after the November 2006 election.

[cali]

12. I'm sick of the Nazi

comparison. It's so predictable. In this context, it adds zip to the discussion. I didn't want Alito on the court, but he's there now. I'll wait to pass judgement. Yes, some of his decisions have been ones I thought deplorable. Others have been reasonable. It's not nearly as black and white as your "thinking" would lead one to believe,

[Canuckistanian]

2. Who does he think he is, legislating from the bench?

Damned activist judge.

[NewJeffCT]

4. it's only a delay in the execution

probably didn't want to send a man to die without much chance to review the case... besides, he might have known that his vote would not have mattered (it was 6-3 with him, it would have been 5-4 with him voting the other way) so decided to send a message.

If he actually voted to overturn the conviction, then that would be something!

[rzemanfl]

5. A throwaway vote, makes him look "liberalish" and doesn't

change the result.

[Kierkegaard]

Exactly.

If this wasn't done for purely political purposes, he would have done the right thing and abstained.

[joeybee12]

6. His vote was political--siding with the other 3 would not have changed

the outcome...so he threw a bone to the masses to make people think he isn't the right-wing Nazi we fear.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. They just want him to look moderate for when he gives the idiot

unitary executive power. Then they can say, "Oh, he's not a RW extremeist! Lookie here, he let this here man in Mo. live!" It's an act. It was done deliberately to make people think he's OK...he's NOT. Just watch, you'll see.

[adigal]

8. I know you are all correct

but I was hoping, and also enjoyed the wingnuts' discomfort.

[kiteinthewind]

15. Ditto!

:scared:

[Individualist]

20. Exactly! This one vote was nothing more than a smokescreen.

n/t

[DemInDistress]

9. bush to sam: throw the dems a bone.....lol

[wisteria]

11. Yes, you must have missed at least five posts on this hype.

And that is exactly what it is hype. From all I read, he just sided with the majority on this- you know being new and all. He also supported the lower courts decision-the vote was never directly over the rightfulness of the execution- he did not support the inmate.
Oh, and don't go thanking those "moderate" Dem's yet. They were more concerned about their hides not our rights.
Oh, and one more thing, don't fall for fake outrage over in freeperville. This is just to throw us off the trail and go on to other things.

I would hope that since you are so interested in Judge Alito, that you will continue to follow his decisions and check back in with you comments.

[adigal]

13. I did NOT thank the moderate Dems

My hair was on fire as the vote against cloture failed. I am still seriously upset over the wimpiness amongst our "moderates" and already contributed to Lieberman's primary opponent.

I saw the decision, just missed the discussion. I will follow this closely, because if he is as nutty as I think, I will be out there protesting with the best of them.

[wisteria]

21. OK, I may have misinterpreted your post, I apologize. n/t

[TallahasseeGrannie]

14. Well, you never know

wouldn't it be a kicker if he actually, now that he has what he wants, votes with a real conscience?

I know, I know...

but I'm just saying....

[shance]

16. Don't think that was not totally intentional by the Bush Administration.

Tossing an old bone out so the Bush owned press can chew on it and use it and spit it out every time Alito grants George Bush and his father more power.

[iamthebandfanman]

17. lol

yeah, i was always under the impression that Roberts was hardcore conservative.
When alito came out people wanted to lable him as far right, and he does have conservative beliefs, but i think hes more likely to be un-bias n judge from the middle.

figures people would pick the less evil one to stand up against.

[Sapphire Blue]

18. Coming up March 1... Delay's redistricting...

White House Defends Texas's GOP Remapping Plan to Justices

By Charles Lane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 2, 2006; Page A03

The Bush administration has come to the defense of Texas in a legal battle with political overtones, telling the Supreme Court in a brief filed yesterday that the state's 2003 congressional redistricting plan, drafted by Republicans, is fully consistent with the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The redistricting plan, drawn up at the request of Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), who was House majority leader at the time, was designed to give Texas's House delegation a Republican majority to match the state's overall voting preference. After the 2000 census, the state's delegation grew from 30 seats to 32, and the shift to a Republican majority in Texas helped cement GOP control of the House.

But opponents have challenged the plan in court on a variety of grounds, saying that it is so partisan that it violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection, and that it violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting strength of black and Hispanic voters in some areas. A three-judge U.S. District Court panel upheld the plan last year; the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case during a special two-hour hearing March 1.

Continued @ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102133.html

[seaglass]

19. Yeah, since when was Kennedy a liberal? Is Kennedy the

new O'Connor? I guess if you don't vote lockstep with the right, you're a liberal.

[Lusted4]

22. One word

Bait

[DenaliDemocrat]

23. Alito sided with THE CHURCH

This above all else should be your first inclination. Alito is a self-professed devout Catholic, and as such, does not believe in capital punishment. This was not following the conservatives or liberals, it was following the Vatican.

Expect this from Alito. You have, essentially, put the Pope on the Supreme Court. Every vote he casts shall be compared and contrasted to his religion first.