Samuel Alito Hearing Begins with Abortion Statements
The opening statements in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court have begun and are naturally focusing on the issue of abortion.
Senator Arlen Specter's statements:
"Perhaps the dominant issue is the widespread concern about Judge Alito’s position on a woman's right to choose."
What about the child's right to choose life? Oh, I forgot babies can't vote, so they don't really count as human beings in your eyes, do they?
Specter said part of the focus on abortion results from two 1985 memos Alito wrote during his tenure in the Reagan administration saying he did not think that there is a right to abortion in the Constitution.
Of course there isn't a right to abortion. Human beings are guaranteed the right to life in the Constitution, not a right to be murdered.
"This hearing will give Judge Alito the public forum to address the issue, as he has with Senators in private meetings, that his personal views and prior advocacy will not determine his judicial decision."
Sen. Charles Schumer, a leading abortion advocate on the committee, called Judge Alito's "quite extreme" and, referring to pro-life groups, he claimed President Bush nominated Alito to placate the "the extreme right wing."
Catholics like myself or those other millions of Catholics throughout the world can hardly be considered "extreme right wing." But, you, Mr. Schumer, are EXTREMELY ANTI-CHRISTIAN & IMMORAL. Your views do not represent the views of the majority of people in this country. You are EXTREME in your view that there is nothing immoral about killing living human beings.
Other pro-abortion Democrats on the committee expressed their concerns about Alito's abortion views.
"Your record raises troubling questions," Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said. Sen. Edward Kennedy called Aito's record "genuinely troubling" and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said Alito would be a "very key and decisive vote."
Have you people ever examined your own records (and your "consciences")? With the "three devilteers" I mean "demonettes", rather democrats -- Darth Durbin, Foolish Feinstein, and Killer Kennedy-- concluding that Alito's record is "genuinely troubling", I am reassured that he must indeed be a great guy and exceptionally well-qualified for the position.
Republican members of the committee supported Alito and his judicial temperament.
"Your modest approach to judging seems to bode well for our democracy," pro-life Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio countered.
Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, added that Alito "has a reputation for being an exceptional and honest judge devoted to the rule of law, and a man of integrity" and Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama called the nominee "a brilliant but modest jurist."
Ultimately, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah urged members of the committee to "apply a judicial, not a political, standard to this record."
Democrats on the committee also said they would question Alito harshly on the issue of abortion because he would replace retiring pro-abortion Justice Sandra Day O'Connor who was the deciding vote on the issue of partial-birth abortion and is one of six justices who favor Roe v. Wade.
Senator Arlen Specter's statements:
"Perhaps the dominant issue is the widespread concern about Judge Alito’s position on a woman's right to choose."
What about the child's right to choose life? Oh, I forgot babies can't vote, so they don't really count as human beings in your eyes, do they?
Specter said part of the focus on abortion results from two 1985 memos Alito wrote during his tenure in the Reagan administration saying he did not think that there is a right to abortion in the Constitution.
Of course there isn't a right to abortion. Human beings are guaranteed the right to life in the Constitution, not a right to be murdered.
"This hearing will give Judge Alito the public forum to address the issue, as he has with Senators in private meetings, that his personal views and prior advocacy will not determine his judicial decision."
Sen. Charles Schumer, a leading abortion advocate on the committee, called Judge Alito's "quite extreme" and, referring to pro-life groups, he claimed President Bush nominated Alito to placate the "the extreme right wing."
Catholics like myself or those other millions of Catholics throughout the world can hardly be considered "extreme right wing." But, you, Mr. Schumer, are EXTREMELY ANTI-CHRISTIAN & IMMORAL. Your views do not represent the views of the majority of people in this country. You are EXTREME in your view that there is nothing immoral about killing living human beings.
Other pro-abortion Democrats on the committee expressed their concerns about Alito's abortion views.
"Your record raises troubling questions," Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said. Sen. Edward Kennedy called Aito's record "genuinely troubling" and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said Alito would be a "very key and decisive vote."
Have you people ever examined your own records (and your "consciences")? With the "three devilteers" I mean "demonettes", rather democrats -- Darth Durbin, Foolish Feinstein, and Killer Kennedy-- concluding that Alito's record is "genuinely troubling", I am reassured that he must indeed be a great guy and exceptionally well-qualified for the position.
Republican members of the committee supported Alito and his judicial temperament.
"Your modest approach to judging seems to bode well for our democracy," pro-life Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio countered.
Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, added that Alito "has a reputation for being an exceptional and honest judge devoted to the rule of law, and a man of integrity" and Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama called the nominee "a brilliant but modest jurist."
Ultimately, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah urged members of the committee to "apply a judicial, not a political, standard to this record."
Democrats on the committee also said they would question Alito harshly on the issue of abortion because he would replace retiring pro-abortion Justice Sandra Day O'Connor who was the deciding vote on the issue of partial-birth abortion and is one of six justices who favor Roe v. Wade.
They are going to try to destroy the man, in spite of the fact that he has already been approved in the past. Have you read some of the FORMER statements that people like Kennedy said to him way back then? What a difference this time.
ReplyDeletePraying for him to have Wisdom, gentle like a dove, wise as... wish I could remember that verse...
They will also probably filibuster this time. So very sad that so many of our 'Catholic' Senate members are like this....
Since it all comes down to abortion: I wonder how many Americans know that overturning Roe will NOT make abortion illegal, but simply send this issue back to the state legislatures where it belongs.
ReplyDeleteThis little fact is one that the Dems no doubt want to keep secret.