Bush Picks Judge Samuel Alito for Supreme Court

So you still don't know if what you posted is true or not and haven't even bothered to look it up. That is beyond pathetic.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/30/AR2006013000392_pf.html

"In Judge Alito we see patterns, patterns which demonstrate a hostility to the disadvantaged and the poor," said Kerry, the Democrats' 2004 presidential nominee.

Added Kennedy: "In case after case, Judge Alito's decisions demonstrate a systematic tilt toward powerful institutions and against individuals attempting to vindicate their rights. How can a clear record like that possibly justify a lifetime position on the Supreme Court?"

Jan. 31, 2006
Final Senate Vote

Republicans Vote Democrats Vote
Alexander (TN) Y Akaka (HI) N
Allard (CO) Y Baucus (MT) N
Allen (VA) Y Bayh (IN) N
Bennett (UT) Y Biden (DE) N
Bond (MO) Y Bingaman (NM) N
Brownback (KS) Y Boxer (CA) N
Bunning (KY) Y Byrd (WV) Y
Burns (MT) Y Cantwell (WA) N
Burr (NC) Y Carper (DE) N
Chafee (RI) N Clinton (NY) N
Chambliss (GA) Y Conrad (ND) Y
Coburn (OK) Y Dayton (MN) N
Cochran (MS) Y Dodd (CT) N
Coleman (MN) Y Dorgan (ND) N
Collins (ME) Y Durbin (IL) N
Cornyn (TX) Y Feingold (WI) N
Craig (ID) Y Feinstein (CA) N
Crapo (ID) Y Harkin (IA) N
DeMint (SC) Y Inouye (HI) N
DeWine (OH) Y Johnson (SD) Y
Dole (NC) Y Kennedy (MA) N
Domenici (NM) Y Kerry (MA) N
Ensign (NV) Y Kohl (WI) N
Enzi (WY) Y Landrieu (LA) N
Frist (TN) Y Lautenberg (NJ) N
Graham (SC) Y Leahy (VT) N
Grassley (IA) Y Levin (MI) N
Gregg (NH) Y Lieberman (CT) N
Hagel (NE) Y Lincoln (AR) N
Hatch (UT) Y Menendez (NJ) N
Hutchison (TX) Y Mikulski (MD) N
Inhofe (OK) Y Murray (WA) N
Isakson (GA) Y Nelson, Ben (NE) Y
Kyl (AZ) Y Nelson, Bill (FL) N
Lott (MS) Y Obama (IL) N
Lugar (IN) Y Pryor (AR) N
Martinez (FL) Y Reed, J. (RI) N
McCain (AZ) Y Reid, H. (NV) N
McConnell (KY) Y Rockefeller (WV) N
Murkowski (AK) Y Salazar (CO) N
Roberts (KS) Y Sarbanes (MD) N
Santorum (PA) Y Schumer (NY) N
Sessions (AL) Y Stabenow (MI) N
Shelby (AL) Y Wyden (OR) N
Smith (OR) Y
Snowe (ME) Y Independent
Specter (PA) Y Jeffords (VT) N
Stevens (AK) Y
Sununu (NH) Y
Talent (MO) Y
Thomas (WY) Y
Thune (SD) Y
Vitter (LA) Y
Voinovich (OH) Y
Warner (VA) Y



http://www.c-span.org/congress/alito_senate.asp

Alito sworn in as Supreme Court justice

58-42 vote was most partisan for top court nominee in recent history

Interesting isn't it that Republicans did not play such partisan theatrics and voting positions when Justice Ginsberg was appointed after her long service in the ACLU

What are you trying to say, georgeob1?

By voting "no" on Alito's nomination, the vast majority of the Democrats are trying to protect the people and our constitutional values from the evils of an autocratic president.

By voting "yes" on Alito's nomination, the vast majority of the Republicans are willing to sacrifice our civil rights and our constitutional values to show loyalty to an autocratic president.

The Ginsburg nomination and confirmation has absolutely nothing to do with the current crisis we are facing as a nation.

By voting "no" on Alito's nomination, the vast majority of the Democrats were being partisan, as you pointed out.

By voting "yes" on Ginsburg's nomination, the vast majority of the Republicans were NOT being partisan.

Had they been partisan, they would have voted "no," in order to protect the people from the evils of liberalism.

And I would offer the opinion that Alito is much more in the mainstream than Ginsberg. Ask people about the ACLU around here and you would be hardpressed to find anybody with a kind word for that organization. The Republicans could have clearly made the case that Ginsburg was way out of the mainstream and should not have been nominated as a valid candidate.