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11 January 2006
Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:02:00 GMTMy dear senators
Dear Mr. Dayton/Mr. Coleman:
I’m a sophomore in college at the University of Minnesota Morris and attended minneapolis public schools K-12. I worked for both the 2000 Dayton senate campaign and Wellstone’s 2002, and I called myself a democrat until I recently got fed up with the democrats spineless concession to Bush’s tyrannical reign.
I don’t want to seem over-dramatic, but I’m really fed up with the actions of my government over the past five years, and deeply want for government to right itself and purge its radical corruption. We’re going the complete opposite direction that any democracy should be, and frankly, I’m a bit scared.
I want to make absolutely sure that you will not vote to confirm Alito as a Supreme court justice. Why? Because Alito considers his ‘gospel’ to be that of the Unitary Executive Theory, otherwise known as “President or King (what’s the difference?).”
I don’t think that our congress should be a puppet body, just as our judicial system shouldn’t be full of judges who praise the absolute power of the executive branch.
Bush officials say that “there is no way to say how [alito] would rule” regarding unchecked presidential power. I’d say the fact that he helped pioneer the theory as an aide in the Reagan Justice Dept (a theory that goes against every principle our country was founded on and many of us hold dear), and exclaimed it in numerous speeches make for damn good testimony.
Don’t let the worthless spectacle that has become of senate confirmation hearings inform you on Alito’s judicial philosophy. The fact that he lends any credence to the idea of unitary executive abolishes any article of faith you could have in him.
I was embarrassed to see what our government is coming to yesterday, when Alito said “It
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03 November 2005
Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:04:09 GMT Crib Sheet: Alito the Right-Wing Activistvia Kjell Olsen2288 days agoWhy Alito shouldn’t be confirmed.
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02 November 2005
Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:40:50 GMT Alito's Ratings Similar to Miers', Lower Than Roberts'via Kjell Olsen2289 days agoI wonder what the chances of holding bush from successfully nominating a second justice to scotus before his term ends? He sure has been picking assholes lately.
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03 October 2005
Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:08:33 GMT JUST DELETED FROM DAVID FRUM'S BLOGvia Kjell Olsen2318 days agoShe rose to her present position by her absolute devotion to George Bush. I mentioned last week that she told me that the president was the most brilliant man she had ever met. To flatter on such a scale a person must either be an unscrupulous dissembler, which Miers most certainly is not, or a natural follower. And natural followers do not belong on the Supreme Court of the United States. David Frum
Sounds to me like a conflict of interest.
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