Biden Says Alito’s Abortion Views Likely To Bring Filibuster
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Abortion, Legislation, Supreme Court“I think he’s got a lot of explaining to do, and depending on how he does, I think will determine whether or not he has a problem or not,” said Sen. Joseph Biden, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which plans confirmation hearings in early January.In 1985, Alito was applying to become deputy assistant attorney general in the Reagan administration. In the document, he boasted that while working as an assistant to the solicitor general, he helped “to advance legal positions in which I personally believe very strongly.”
Drawing the most attention from Alito’s critics today is his comment on abortion.
“I am particularly proud of my contributions in recent cases in which the government argued that racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion,” wrote Alito, now a federal appeals court judge.
But then I read this comment from Biden, which seems pretty disingenuous.
But Biden, D-Del., said he was most troubled by Alito’s comment about reapportionment under the Supreme Court when it was led by Chief Justice Earl Warren.The Warren Court, as it became known, ended public school segregation and established the election principle of one-man one-vote.
“The part that jeopardizes it (Alito’s nomination) more is his quotes in there saying that he had strong disagreement with the Warren Court particularly on reapportionment â€â€? one man, one vote,” Biden told “Fox News Sunday.”
I actually agree that the Alito’s reapportionment opinions are troubling, but come on Joe…
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