Progressive Nation

January 7th, 2006

Sly-ito

From CampusProgress.org:

Sam Alito’s opinions as a judge should be enough to make mainstream Americans call their Senators and demand the rejection of this radical, extremist nominee. However, as Senator Kennedy makes clear today in the Washington Post, while Alito’s views are disturbing in themselves, the basic ethical questions surrounding Alito should make us sincerely question whether he has the integrity to occupy the distinguished office of Supreme Court justice. Why didn’t he recuse himself from cases involving Vanguard mutual funds, in which he holds large investments, that came before the Third Circuit, when he told the Judiciary Committee in 1990 that he would? Is he truly capable of applying the law impartially when his record on the Third Circuit reveals him to be a hard-right ideologue?

These ethical questions are very disturbing. It would be in the best interests of the process for the President to withdraw Alito and put forth a mainstream candidate with a record of personal conduct that doesn’t raise eyebrows. Since this President isn’t likely to do that, the Senate must prompt him by voting down Alito. Senators who don’t- I’m looking at you, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Susan Collins, Chuck Hagel, and other so-called ‘moderate Republicans’- should be held accountable when they come up for reelection.

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