I heard the news this morning on my drive to work. Laura Ingraham is thrilled with Judge Sam Alito as President Bush's latest choice for the Sandra Day O'Connor vacancy on the Supreme Court. Here is the text of the President's announcement. Here is Alito's statement.
Laura played the audio of Senator Chuck Schumer's statement about the Alito nomination. He started with a glowing tribute to Rosa Parks, then degenerated into using Rosa Parks to score a cheap political point against Judge Alito. I called Senator Schumer a really bad name that nobody but God heard. I knew Schumer had chutzpah up the ying-yang, but I had no idea he could be that low, that slimy as to cheapen the memory of such a great woman this way. Here's what he said:
This morning I went and visited Rosa Parks in the Capitol Rotunda to pay my respects.
Being in the presence of Ms. Parks was awe-inspiring. This was a woman who changed history with one thin dime. She paid her fare and took her rightful seat on the bus and America was never the same again.
Like Rosa Parks, Judge Alito will be able to change history by virtue of where he sits. The real question today is whether Judge Alito would use his seat on the bench, just as Rosa Parks used her seat on the bus, to change history for the better or whether he would use that seat to reverse much of what Rosa Parks and so many others fought so hard and for so long to put in place.
Does Sen. Schumer honestly think that having Sam Alito on the Supreme Court will cause all civil rights to roll back to pre-Rosa Parks 1955? Does Sen Schumer honestly think that the Supreme Court is poised on the brink of declaring segregation constitutional save for one lone vote that Alito will provide? Does Sen. Schumer honestly think?
I can't begin to understand just how little Sen. Schumer believes the American people understand.
As I said, Laura Ingraham is thrilled with the choice of Alito. Hugh Hewitt is also thrilled. Of his two weekly guests, The Smart Guys (Left and Right law professors, Erwin Chemerinsky and John Eastman), John is thrilled, and Erwin hates the idea.
Since all these lawyers and law professors on the right are thrilled and those on the left are extremely un-thrilled, then I couldn't be more pleased. Filibusters are threatened. The Democrats are flinging rhetoric all over the place. And the Gang of 14 doesn't look like it's going to hold out for the filibuster over this nomination.
All is right with the world.
1 comment:
As for Chuck Schumer's comments about Rosa Parks and Judge Alito... Democrats have been using African-Americans for a long time now. Its probably a hard habit to break.
I don't think Alito is in any way a sure thing. Back in the 80's Robert Bork's nomination was supposed to be the "Great Debate" over the role of the court. His brilliance was supposed to shine brightly above the efforts of the Left.
Well we all know how that turned out. Alito may be better able to verbalize the strict constructionist cause than Harriet Mier's, but is it really about truth and intelligence? Those two factors proved no help for Bork.
The anti-Miers conservatives stomped their feet until they got what they wanted out of Bush. Lets hope and pray that they like how it turns out.
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