scAlito-graphy

Eric | November 18, 2005


I have finally gotten around to writing about the Alito nomination. The fight over Judge Alito has already hit the airwaves, with liberals labeling him as a “…darling of conservatives like Pat Buchannan and Rush Limbaugh.”

Many Democrat Senators seem to believe that he is to the right of O’Connor on many social issues, such as abortion because of his 1985 memorandum.

Lets take a look at the record:

  • Alito has only ruled against the Pro-Choice point of view once out of four cases before his court. That case overturned a Pennsylvania law requiring a woman to inform her husband before having an aboriton.
  • Alito provided a key vote in a case making it easier for poor women to receive government assistance for having an abortion in 1995.
  • Alito ruled in favor of a black defendant when a prosecutor worked overtime to remove black jurors from the pool due to concerns over racial bias.
  • Alito voted in favor of a defendent who was charged with posession of a machine gun. The majority believed that since a machine gun could be sold through interstate commerce, it should be banned.

    • Alito appears to be the sort of judge who allows congress free reign as long as their Constitutional condiments are in order. He is also the sort of judge who will respect constitutional precedent, not weave his way around it. This makes him a conservative, not a crusader. Let him pass.

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