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It's not too hard to predict the first two questions for Alito ...

Norm Pattis has One Question for Alito in the Supreme Court nomination hearings that begin Monday, Jan. 9, with the Senate Judiciary Committee. Pattis writes:

"I wonder whether any of the straw men on the Senate Judiciary Committee give a whit about the Fourth Amendment. If they do, they will insist that Samuel Alito answer, and not evade, questions about whether the Fourth Amendment requires warrants to intercept the communications of American citizens.

"Oh, Alito can attempt to evade the question, as all good nominees seek not to answer questions about cases or controversies that may come before the court. But if Alito plays cutesy-tootsy in his confirmation hearing, he ought to be sent the way of Harriet Meyers. [sic]"

The Fourth Amendment has company. On today's Law.com newswire, Michael Rubinkam of The Associated Press has an excellent retrospective on Planned Parenthood v. Casey and Alito's lower court vote supporting a requirement that women seeking abortions notify their husbands. Rubinkam's piece paints a fair picture of how Casey revolutionized the movement against abortion rights at the state level, restricting Roe v. Wade.

Posted by Jennifer Moline on January 4, 2006 at 08:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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