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October 31, 2005
Our Senators Respond .. Well One of them Responds
Now that Bush has nominated Scalito to the Supreme Court, all eyes turn to the U.S. Senate. Ken Salazar has responded with this initial statement:
I will carefully study Judge Samuel Alito's record and background and look forward to reviewing the findings of the upcoming Judiciary Committee hearings.”“The manner in which the President handled this nomination is disappointing. He did not consult with the Senate about this nominee.”
“It remains to be seen whether Judge Alito will satisfactorily fill the mainstream position being vacated by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.”
“At the beginning of the twenty-first century, we see huge forward strides made by women in our society including their representation in law school and in legal and judicial careers. For me, it is a grave disappointment, that out of the thousands of qualified women in the United States, the President has not chosen one among them to replace Sandra Day O’Connor.”
“Instead, if Judge Alito gets confirmed, the number of women out of the nine justices on the United States Supreme Court will be reduced to one. That fact is troublesome to me and it should be troublesome to the American people as it signals a pronounced retreat on the progress women have made in our society.
Meanwhile, what does our other U.S. Senator think? Hard to tell. You see, when you visit Senator Allard's website, you're met with this headline:
Senator Allard Meets with U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Harriet Miers
Oops.
Posted by dslater at October 31, 2005 01:49 PM
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One of the biggest losers in the Bush nomination of Alito for the Supreme Court is former Denver DA and Democratic governor candidate Bill Ritter.
The fight over Alito will began and end with abortion, and regardless of the outcome, choice will be front and center in the partisan divide for months to come. Should Alito become Associate Justice, Roe will surely be at risk, and with it Ritter’s candidacy.
That will remind Democratic partisans of the issue, and Bill Ritter’s place in it, with gruesome regularity. It will also increase the pressure on those who might consider a race with Ritter— clearly energizing those who put fidelity to the choice issue and the Democratic party in a single breath. Scores of activists, after more than a decade of complacency on choice, will again look for champions and ramparts to defend.
For Ritter, whose potential opponents have been fading like so many wraiths, the renewed national battle on choice will make it more difficult to win over moderate Democrats, particularly those who would be willing to overlook the choice issue to have a shot at the governor’s mansion after eight years in the wilderness. Many Democrats, who have been warming to a Ritter candidacy will now suddenly shiver, and look nervously to party orthodoxy. The former DA, who had been close to drawing an inside straight, now must wait for cards to be dealt to other hands.
Posted by: vonda at October 31, 2005 10:13 PM