Monday, October 31, 2005

More On Alito

Shake off your Fitzmas hangover, it's Boxing Day in America. Here is the skinny on Samuel Alito. Nick-named Scalito for his closeness in voting to Antonin Scalia, Alito is best known for being the only dissenting vote on the 3rd circuit in the Planned Parenthood v Casey case. This case had to do with spousal consultation before a woman could get a abortion. The Supreme Court went on to strike down the law 6 to 3.

On NPR this morning, an associate of Alito said that Alito respects precedents especially the intent of the precedent. For those of you that thinks Roe v Wade is safe because of that should note that the original intent of that case was to protect doctors that perform abortions, not the women seeking them. Alito will vote to overturn Roe.

This nomination is yet another example of President Bush yielding to radical right wing cultists.

This is a nomination we must fight to the end, but in the end I'm not sure this is a fight we can win. I hope I can count on my sisters that belong to NOW, Emily's List, etc. to screw Chafee's balls to the wall on this vote. If Chafee votes for this nomination, you had better unleash holy hell on him. We need to use this to target all pro-choice republicans who vote for this nomination.

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