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So I figured I'd read up on Alito and decide if I like him.
bad things:
- he called for the overturn of Roe vs. Wade (abortion) in 1985
- he defended domestic wiretaps (surely you've seen in the news recently that Bush admitted to wiretapping american citizens... in the name of security of course)
- he panders to corporations big time. he doesn't seem to like the idea of corporations being held accountable for discrimination.
- he once ruled in favor of Vangaurd Group, an investment company, in 2002. In 1990 he said that he would avoid conflict of interest by not voting in cases involving companies he invested with.
- said that "racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."
- he is a member of the Federalist Society: "Members of the society have debated the abolition of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, limiting the power of the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies, and limiting the reach of gender equity laws (Title IX) and voting rights law. Its publications have printed articles criticizing teaching evolution and attacking the principle of separation of church and state."
good things:
- At Princeton, Alito led a student conference in 1971 called "The Boundaries of Privacy in American Society" which, among other things, supported curbs on domestic intelligence gathering; called for the legalization of sodomy; and urged for an end to discrimination against homosexuals in hiring by employers. During said conference, Alito stated that "no private sexual act between consenting adults should be forbidden."
- voted in a unanimous decision that police officers should be able to keep their beards for religious reasons
read up.
wikipedia: Samuel A. Alito Jr.
CNN: Alito defended wiretaps
AP: Alito called for overturning Roe in 1985
CNN: Alito nominated
bad things:
- he called for the overturn of Roe vs. Wade (abortion) in 1985
- he defended domestic wiretaps (surely you've seen in the news recently that Bush admitted to wiretapping american citizens... in the name of security of course)
- he panders to corporations big time. he doesn't seem to like the idea of corporations being held accountable for discrimination.
- he once ruled in favor of Vangaurd Group, an investment company, in 2002. In 1990 he said that he would avoid conflict of interest by not voting in cases involving companies he invested with.
- said that "racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."
- he is a member of the Federalist Society: "Members of the society have debated the abolition of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, limiting the power of the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies, and limiting the reach of gender equity laws (Title IX) and voting rights law. Its publications have printed articles criticizing teaching evolution and attacking the principle of separation of church and state."
good things:
- At Princeton, Alito led a student conference in 1971 called "The Boundaries of Privacy in American Society" which, among other things, supported curbs on domestic intelligence gathering; called for the legalization of sodomy; and urged for an end to discrimination against homosexuals in hiring by employers. During said conference, Alito stated that "no private sexual act between consenting adults should be forbidden."
- voted in a unanimous decision that police officers should be able to keep their beards for religious reasons
read up.
wikipedia: Samuel A. Alito Jr.
CNN: Alito defended wiretaps
AP: Alito called for overturning Roe in 1985
CNN: Alito nominated