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...largely ineffectual approach they took in Alito's Judiciary Committee hearings-where they leveled oblique accusations of bigotry and questionable legal ethics-Dems are expected to focus more intently on the fact that Alito will shift the court to the right. After Chief Justice John Roberts joined Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas in a minority dissent in last week's decision upholding Oregon's right to enact a law legalizing doctor assisted suicide, court watchers now believe Roberts will be every bit as conservative as his predecessor, Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Which means Alito's replacement of Justice Sandra...
Many Democrats say that while Alito may be mild mannered, his views reflect a conservative activist befitting the "Scalito" moniker that liberals have given him in order to tie him to Supreme Court firebrand Antonin Scalia. White House aides want Alito prepared for a barrage of hostile queries, so he continued last week with practice sessions in a Justice Department conference room and a White House auditorium. Former Solicitor General Ted Olson stopped in to fire questions aimed at sharpening the nominee for surprises. White House officials believe Alito's understatement will play well in such a heated atmosphere. Asked...
...pointed to past statements from Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas criticizing existing Supreme Court precedent on religion as evidence that the court is not unified in its rejection of creationism and other alternatives to evolution. ?Unfortunately, until the Supreme Court adopts a more coherent and historically sound jurisprudence, school districts like Dover will be at risk of costly lawsuits by the ACLU for adopting such modest curriculum changes such as the one at issue,? he wrote...
During oral arguments in Rumsfeld v. FAIR last Tuesday, Justices Antonin Scalia and Anthony M. Kennedy seemed surprised by Clement’s concession...
Burt wrote that “if I had been arguing for FAIR, I would have taken a leaf from Justice [Antonin] Scalia’s book of statutory interpretation” and argue that the court should look to the clear meaning of the Solomon Amendment’s text—and not only to Congress members’ intents...