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November 16, 2005

Which time was Alito lying?

Home state blog Zeros and Ones gave up the inside scoop on Samuel Alito's anti-choice writings to Reagan's disgusting AG Edwin Meese:

Alito, an assistant in the Office of the Solicitor General at the time, said he was “particularly proud” of his contributions to cases in which the Reagan administration had argued before the Supreme Court that “racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.“ He said it had been a “source of great personal satisfaction” to help advance such legal causes — positions that he said “I personally believe very strongly.”

No Constitutional right to abortion. Racial and ethnic quotas can't be allowed. And he gets all sorts of personal satisfaction from his efforts to make sure these ideas are implemented.

Apparently Alito was for these things before he was against them. Or so he tells Senator Feinstein:

The Samuel Alito who argued against abortion rights in 1985 was "an advocate seeking a job" with the conservative Reagan administration, the Alito who is now a Supreme Court nominee told Democrats on Tuesday.

The current version "thinks he's a wiser person" with "a better grasp and understanding about constitutional rights and liberties," senators said as Alito tried to downplay a 20-year-old document in which he asserted "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."

Sam has had a prochoice epiphany and that's why conservatives are so excited about getting him confirmed?

Uh huh. And I have some lovely beachfront property to sell in Nebraska.

Posted by Carla at November 16, 2005 12:04 PM