I'll betcha Alito withdraws his nomination within 24 hours...any takers?

Ethics Could Be Issue in Alito Hearings


United Press International


Senate Democrats have requested information related to cases heard by Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito involving a company in which he had investments.

The Washington Post Thursday reported Alito, who has been making courtesy visits to senators ahead of his Jan. 9 confirmation hearings, has been asked about the cases. The newspaper said the line of questioning and the Democrats' letter to the chief judge of the Court of Appeal of the 3rd Circuit indicates that ethics may be an issue during the hearings.

Court records show Alito, who sits on the Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, heard cases involving Vanguard, in 2002, and Smith Barney Inc., in 1996, despite having business relationships with the companies.

Alito said a court computer failure failed to remind him to recuse himself in the Vanguard case. The White House claims the rules would not affect Alito's finances, the Post said.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051110-100203-4930r

and thank you

was forced to strip, just cause they had a warrent to search her parents house, is not the reason people are screaming against his nomination.

This guy MUST brazen it out right now, or else Fuckface will implode in an Oval Office hissyfit the likes of which hasn't been seen since Richard M. Nixon invited Henry Kissinger to kneel and pray with him.

Nixon exploded in a hissyfit?



:rofl:

Unbelievable.

You can't even remember your own words!!:nopity::nopity::nopity:

Your optimism is adorable, but this isn't enough to make him withdraw... since when has this crew ever cared about anything so quaint as "ethics"?

do you think this is why hearings were pushed back?


Oh they've never cared about ethics, it's the arrogance of power that makes their behaviour possible

because Scooter Libby's trial is supposed to start in January.

No way the actual trial starts that soon. It will drag on for years.

No big deal. They'll tough it out and ram him through. After all, every GOP leader is is under indictment or investigation now; who are they to throw stones?

the thing about this is....if it was such a condlict of interest why hasn't the woman gotten a new trial. Probably because there may be no judicial erros involved.

WHere he falls apart though is in defending himself on this....He starts a song and dance on this it will give specter a reason to not vote it out of committee

probably won't survive this one. Damn. Is everyone corrupt?

Nominees set up like bowling pins, nominees a line that disappears into the horizon. Stuff like that.

that guys like Alito think they have a chance at confirmation irrespective of their actions.

Biden & Liebermann top the list- or are at least the more vocal ones- but there are others. And they'll make recapturing Congress & the Senate- much less opposing a nominee or appalling legislation difficult, if not impossible, because of it.

It seems like the nominees get worse with each one. Next will be Janice Rogers Brown!

Can someone please name a ReThug with a nationally known name who is NOT under investigation, indictment or suspicion of some type of shady financial dealings?

I call bullshit. I've worked for judges and all have known the minute a case hits chambers whether or not they have to recuse themselves. This is a serious breach of judicial ethics. I don't think Specter is going to let this slide.

I need the money, and Alito is a lock.

In 1990, when Alito was seeking US Senate approval for his nomination to be a circuit judge, he said in written answers to a questionnaire that he would disqualify himself from "any cases involving the Vanguard companies."

"I do not believe that I am required to disqualify myself based on my ownership of the mutual fund shares."

Yet here we are....

2 out of 3 supreme court nominees getting Borked, priceless. :popcorn:

This story was on the Yahoo! homepage last week. It will hurt him, but its not exactly new news.

He is appointed and there is no turning back before the hearings.

USSC justices are the single biggest issue for the entire con movement. They've got their guy and they will stick to this dude is he's found to have been having regular conjugal relations with farm animals.

But Bush may end up with some more serious egg on his face and it may doom the nomination and that's a win-win for me. :)

Rp