More Horrors of Alito
"Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither." ~ Benjamin Franklin
Those words have never been more true than they are today. Alito stood before Georgetown Law students today and defended the President's domestic spying tactics. I have become more and more weary of Alito in the past couple weeks. I knew he was hard-line conservative when Bush nominated him; however I didn't realize his radical view points until recently. The Constitution of the United States, the foundation of our great country, explicitly prohibits unlegal search and seizure of individuals without a warrant. Furthermore, the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act bars wiretaps on American citizens at home without a court warrant. The President's policy allows the Government to spy on American citizen's without a warrant. Once again, the Executive Branch is overstepping its bounds and totally bypassing the checks and balances put in place by our Founding Fathers. I think I've heard this story before...no wait, that was a fictional novel titled 1984. This must have been what George Orwell envisioned.
Alito received approval from the Senate Judicial committee today; however on a bright note, the approval fell on a strict party line, 10-8. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come on the Senate floor. Alito is a threat to every American ideal. I saw yesterday that President Bush stated that Roe v. Wade would be turned over. I know Alito shares his sentiments. We already know that if Alito makes it to the Supreme Court abortion rights and simple privacy rights are at stake. It makes you wonder what else is at stake with his confirmation.
Those words have never been more true than they are today. Alito stood before Georgetown Law students today and defended the President's domestic spying tactics. I have become more and more weary of Alito in the past couple weeks. I knew he was hard-line conservative when Bush nominated him; however I didn't realize his radical view points until recently. The Constitution of the United States, the foundation of our great country, explicitly prohibits unlegal search and seizure of individuals without a warrant. Furthermore, the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act bars wiretaps on American citizens at home without a court warrant. The President's policy allows the Government to spy on American citizen's without a warrant. Once again, the Executive Branch is overstepping its bounds and totally bypassing the checks and balances put in place by our Founding Fathers. I think I've heard this story before...no wait, that was a fictional novel titled 1984. This must have been what George Orwell envisioned.
Alito received approval from the Senate Judicial committee today; however on a bright note, the approval fell on a strict party line, 10-8. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come on the Senate floor. Alito is a threat to every American ideal. I saw yesterday that President Bush stated that Roe v. Wade would be turned over. I know Alito shares his sentiments. We already know that if Alito makes it to the Supreme Court abortion rights and simple privacy rights are at stake. It makes you wonder what else is at stake with his confirmation.
posted by ahsirt at 6:29 PM
2 Comments:
Actually, it was Attorney General Gonzales who spoke in defense of the NSA spying. However, your point is no less relevant. Its seems that 1984 may be just around the corner when the primary law enforcement agent in the entire government acts as private legal counsel for the President rather than a tenacious prosecuter for the people.
As for Alito, this is what happens when you lose elections. If Democrats don't get off their ass and start connecting with regular people again, the court will go even further right. However, I'm not as quick to throw the alarm bell. Even if Roe V. Wade falls, abortion law will be mostly unchanged in the blue states. And I predict when the corposes of young women in back alleys and newly born babies in trash cans begin to line the streets of the red states, the Pro-Birth movement may finally see the end result of their crusade. But then again, maybe chasity promises really will finally trimuph over nature...
See what happens when you are writing a presentation for a residency interview and surfing CNN for current events?
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