Sure to be a bombshell news story today, a legal position paper penned by Alito has surfaced. What's the big deal about that? Well, Mr. Alito was very candid about his personal opinion on abortion.
http://washingtontimes.com/...
From the Washington Times article:
"Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, wrote that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion" in a 1985 document obtained by The Washington Times."
Add this to Alito's mounting conflict of interest stories and he's sure to have a tough time during the confirmation hearings.
As it states in the article, the letter is from almost 20 years ago. However, it is going to be a large elephant in the room of his confirmation hearings early next year. This will give any Senator on the panel a wide open door to call him on the carpet about his position on abortion. I don't see a way he can tapdance around the question with, say, a giant version of this letter resting on an easel in front of him.
I think I just heard Bush crack open a 1.75 liter bottle of Jim Beam. It's going to be a long week.
-Monk
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