Oct 31 2005
Bush caves to right
Bush Selects Alito for Supreme Court President Bush today named appeals court Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court. Alito, 55, serves on the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, where his record on abortion rights and church-state issues has been widely applauded by conservatives and criticized by liberals.
With no sign of irony, Republicans demanded that Alito get a vote in the Senate - something they denied Miers.
“Let’s give Judge Alito a fair up or down vote, not left or right,” said Sen. John Thune of South Dakota. It was a challenge to Democrats, but it was Republicans who sank Miers’ nomination without either a hearing or a vote. [AP]
