October 28, 2005

Who Might be Next?

Not that the White House is calling me for advice, but I have some for them anyway. Go with Janice Rogers Brown. Listen, both sides want a fight. Republicans want to expose Democrats for the liberals they are, and Democrats want America to know that the Republicans are being run by the radical right of this country. So we might as well get on with it. Both sides have been gearing up for this fight for a long time. The reality is there is an ideological battle going on here and it’s about time both sides had that knock down drag out fight. Janice Rogers Brown would be the one to do it. So would a lot of other nominees like Pricilla Owen, Edith Jones and Michael Luttig. Here’s a prediction: I think the President will go with none of those: instead I think it’s going to be Samuel Alito. From what I’m hearing this seems to be a logical pick. Alito is Italian-American and is strong on the pro-life issue. Here’s how he’s described:

A strong conservative voice in his 15 years on the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considered to be among the most liberal. Alito, 55, has been dubbed "Scalito" or "Scalia-lite" by some lawyers because his judicial philosophy invites comparisons to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Here’s some more on Alito: He’s a former Reagan administration official who was appointed to the Philadelphia- based 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals by President George H.W. Bush, the current president's father, in 1990. Alito played a role in two high-profile abortion disputes. In 1991, he voted to uphold Pennsylvania spousal-notification requirements that were later struck down by the Supreme Court. In 2000, he joined a three-judge court in voiding a New Jersey prohibition on a late-term procedure that opponents call partial- birth abortion. Check out this link.

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