Judge Alito apparently dosen't live up to G Fem Standards

[Men's Rights Activist]

I've gotten the feeling numerous times during these confirmation hearings, that Senators on the left wouldn't be satisfied with a Supreme Court Justice who was any less a gender feminist activist than Ruth Bader Ginsberg; what a horribly inadequate example of an unbiased SC Justice, IMO.  Supreme Court Justices should provide equal protection under the law for all Americans (regardless of gender).

I was watching today's session on CSPAN.  At the end of today's session Sen. Kennedy turned to Sen. Specter and said words to the effect that he'd like to have a couple of letters inserted into the record at an appropriate time.  Sen. Specter basically said he would do that.  One of the letters, Sen Kennedy said, was from the National Association of Women's Lawyers.

Here is something I found on their web site that I suspect parallels what will be conveyed in that letter.
http://www.abanet.org/nawl/news/2006/releases/010806.html

"JANUARY 8, 2006 -- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS ("NAWL") ISSUES EVALUATION OF JUDGE SAMUEL A. ALITO FOR THE POSITION OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
Chicago, IL

The National Association of Women Lawyers ("NAWL"), Committee for the Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominees, has evaluated Judge Samuel Alito for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Committee has determined that Judge Alito is not qualified to serve on the Court from the perspective of laws and decisions regarding women's rights or that have a special impact on women.

NAWL's rating of not qualified from a women's rights perspective is the result of its evaluation of Judge Alito's writings, including his judicial record. On those women's rights issues that he has addressed, Judge Alito has shown a disinclination to protect or advance women's rights."

[Men's Rights Activist]

What gives the National Association of Women's Lawyers the audacity to "assume" that they speak for all women, or even the majority of women, when apparently their views represent only a fringe group of radical, gender feminists who are clearly out of the mainstream?

It appears to me that rich, privileged, women in America's gender feminist fringe are a little hypocritical to be alleging (pretending) to understand the motivations of mainstream American women.

[dr e]

Judge Alito has shown a disinclination to protect or advance women's rights.

Perhaps Judge Alito was considering all people's rights and not just the rights of women or one faction.  This is what the rest of the judges and our legislators should have been doing for the past 30 fricking years.

[Galt]

Perhaps Judge Alito was considering all people's rights and not just the rights of women or one faction.  

Right.

What would be unthinkable from the viewpoint of the activist democrats - is that a Supreme Court judge simply upholds what is written in the US Constitution.  That's supposed to be his job.

What's really bizarre is that the democratic party today wants judges who will be political - their kind of political - really in opposition to what was intended in the Constitution.

[Quentin0352]

So if a judge isn't willing to rule in favor of women for everything they want, then he should be banned from the bench no matter what the constitution or laws say.

[SecondToDie]

I oppose Alito, but not because of his position on abortion.  I don't think that conservative judges are any better (and sometimes are worse than) liberal judges.  I think this country needs libertarian, originalist judges.

[johnnyp]

Judge Alito has shown a disinclination to protect or advance women's rights.

Perhaps Judge Alito was considering all people's rights and not just the rights of women or one faction.  This is what the rest of the judges and our legislators should have been doing for the past 30 fricking years.

you took the words right out of my mouth

[hurkle]

What gives the National Association of Women's Lawyers the audacity to "assume" that they speak for all women, or even the majority of women, when apparently their views represent only a fringe group of radical, gender feminists who are clearly out of the mainstream?

You know why...

Remember, all those women who do not support the feminist platform are either (a) uneducated, or (b) oppressed.

If (a), then they just need education, and for that the fems need more money  for more brainwashing.

If (b), then they need rescuing, and for that the fems need more money for more brainwashing.

Remember, to the hardcore feminists, if a woman doesn't agree with them, it's because she doesn't know what's best for her. This is echoed to some degree in the liberal political viewpoint as well, but to a much lesser degree.

[Buddy-Rey]

I'm against almost every appointee Bush has recommended, but I'm not quite sure why everyone is on Alito's case.  He seems like a reasonably bright moderate/centrist to me.  Then again, it could be just an act.

[Men's Rights Activist]

"I'm against almost every appointee Bush has recommended, but I'm not quite sure why everyone is on Alito's case. He seems like a reasonably bright moderate/centrist to me. Then again, it could be just an act."

He could even veer sharp left as Daddy Bush's appointment, David Souter, did.  Appointing a justice to the supreme court seems to involve, among other things, a fair degree of speculaton about the candidates political persuasion/ideology.

Immeiately after the confirmation hearings conclude I propose all those partisan Senators throw one big "pot luck" to figuratively (and literally) bemoan the unpredictability of the whole SCOTUS nomination process.

[GregA]

Wow, I sorry to be sooooo short on the Alito thing, but...

I really dont see what you guys see in this Alito guy.  This is a guy who always rules for the governent, not matter what the government does.  He always rules for the corporation, when its a little guy vs big company...

That AND, you guys realize, Bush will probably get one more appointment, maybe two?  Ginsberg has cancer and Stephens is 85.  As MRA's do you really want 4 SCOTUS Bush appointees?  Really?  Are these hard line religious conservatives going to be sympathetic to mens causes at all?

Really???

Either liberal or conservative, do you really want 4 Bush appointees on the court considering everything Bush has done?

[Quentin0352]

Last I checked, he had ruled plenty of times against corporations and the government. . Where are you getting your information Greg?

Beyond that. while conservatives don't seem to care for MRAs and FRAs, at least they aren't outright hostile like the liberal ones.

[jaketk]

I'm against almost every appointee Bush has recommended, but I'm not quite sure why everyone is on Alito's case.  He seems like a reasonably bright moderate/centrist to me.  Then again, it could be just an act.

they're playing to their party line. the democrats have to hit alito on those key issues or their constituents will get in their faces, even though everyone thinks he's fit for the position.