ALITO HEARINGS BEGIN - LIBS POSITION FOR FIGHT

Senate hearings for the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to become an Associate Justice to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor began today and positioning started with the opening comments of each of the Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee. It is clear that the left is positioning for a fight. A recent poll by the Washington Post and ABC shows that 53% of Americans favor Alito's confirmation, ( http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/9/92836.shtml ). Yet despite public opinion polls which Democrats base all of their policies on and tend to drift with the polls, the left is planning a fight over this nomination mainly because the confirmation of Alito will end the liberal hold on the Supreme Court. Senator Dianne Fienstien is already calling for a filibuster of the nomination while Democrat members of the Judiciary Committee are claiming that Alito will destroy civil liberties based on their interpretation of his 15 years of judiciary opinions and positions. New York's Chuck Schumer stated that Alito had much to answer for, "because your record of opinions and statements on a number of critical Constitutional questions seems quite extreme." While Ted Kennedy blasted the Bush Administration with claims of torture, abuse of power and then Alito for supporting, "an all-powerful executive branch." Statements as these are absurd and exaggerated to the extreme so that the liberals on the Committee can pander to their socialist left wing base. The possibility of a filibuster is real but the support for Alito's confirmation is strong enough that despite the fight and the lefts positioning to pander to their base Alito will be confirmed. Alito stated his positions with grace and from a standpoint of strength. Stating legal president and the fact that a judge should never publicly speak of any decision that may face the court. This nomination and the intelligence of the nominee should have the same results as the Robert's confirmation. The nominee stating truth and revealing a judiciary philosophy that follows strict Constitutional guidelines and one that will leave the left reeling with egg on their face as they look like fools once again!

Ken Taylor