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Alito will shred Bill of Rights
Submitted by Al Peck on January 20, 2006 - 8:37pm
Alito will shred Bill of Rights
(This is my letter published in the Oregonian Thursday)
The Oregonian presented a balanced pair of views on Judge Samuel Alito Jr. on Jan. 16: one from the Beltway establishment pundit David S. Broder, and the other from the reliable right-winger Rich Lowry.
So, Alito's a Bush loyalist (Broder), and just totally awesome (Lowry).
They missed the main point: Mrs. Alito's tears at the harsh questioning of her husband by Democrats.
Mrs. Alito will get over it. The nation and the Constitution will not. If Alito is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, we can all shed tears for the late, lamented Bill of Rights. The only amendment he believes in is the Second -- your right to a fully automatic machine gun will be secure. That is, unless somebody in Washington, D.C., decides you are an enemy combatant.
President Bush and Alito have a theory of the "unitary executive." What does that mean? Dictator.
ALAN PECK, Tigard
Mrs. Alito crying
I feel bad. I made her cry.