The Food Fight Grinds On

If nothing else I sympathize with Judge Samuel Alito for having to put up with being grilled for nine hours. What’s the strategy here, some form of sensory deprivation that’s going to lead the man to say something unfortunate? Fat chance, I think Sammy is way to smart for that.

And in the final analysis, that may be the Achilles Heel in this silly process. Alito is way smarter that the average Senator, knows the law much better than the average Senator and certainly knows more about his past decisions than ANY Senator. He could lie and get away with it and I’m sure some nominees have done just that. He could lie, but I’m not getting the impression that he is. It sounds to me like he’s being perfectly honest and straight forward while not saying something that can be twisted into a pronouncement of doom by Kennedy and Schumer..

Speaking of Schumer, the man is clearly convinced that Alito will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade the first chance he gets and he’s probably right. I suspect that Alito is in that group of folks that believe Roe v. Wade is just plain bad law.

Let’s face it, saying that he will keep an open mind means just that. A mind open, based upon the case before the court, to either confirming or overturning Roe v. Wade depending upon what he feels are the requirements of the law. Since he leans to the conservative side of things (actually it’s more like he’s falling over to the conservative side of things!), it becomes pretty obvious that it’s only a matter of time before he concludes that the requirements of the law dictate a need to overturn the 1973 decision.

This battle was lost when Dubyah got elected so let’s not blame Sammy.

I also suspect that Alito, with his tendency to favor Freedom of Religious Expression when it conflicts with the Establishment Clause, is going to dismantle some of the wall of separation between church and state. That whirling sound you hear is Thomas Jefferson spinning in his grave.

The problem is that I’m not at all sure what can be done about it. I’m not sure that anything can, or should, be done about it other than get ready for the inevitable fighting that is going to commence afterwards.