Dobson 'Extremely Pleased' by Alito Nomination

[sabra]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=55900

Dobson 'Extremely Pleased' by Alito Nomination; Says Circuit Judge 'Understands the Role of the Judiciary'


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Focus on the Family Action founder and chairman James C. Dobson, Ph.D., issued the following statement today about the nomination of Circuit Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court:

"We are extremely pleased by President Bush's selection of Judge Samuel Alito, who has earned the respect of colleagues in both parties for his legal acumen and courtroom demeanor. As a federal judge for the last 15 years, Judge Alito has demonstrated that he understands the role of the judiciary is to interpret existing law in light of the Constitution, not make new law in service to a personal political agenda.

"Perhaps the most encouraging early indication that Judge Alito will make a great justice is that liberal senators such as Harry Reid and Charles Schumer and leftist pressure groups such as People for the American Way and Planned Parenthood have been lining up all day to scream that the sky is falling. Any nominee who so worries the radical left is worthy of serious consideration.

"Based on what is now known about Judge Alito, we applaud the president for this outstanding nomination."

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. That pretty much settles it for me

the guy is a disaster for our country.

[rhett o rick]

3. Filibuster anyone?? nt

[twaddler01]

17. hopefully! eom

[shanti]

11. i'm with you there, grannie!

if dobson loves it, i hate it!

[sarcasmo]

18. Why does Dobsons point of view matter in this country.

These Reich wingers make me puke. Focus on the family, whose family Dobson you ASSHAT. Maybe Dobson has the naughty photos of Cheney/Gannon

[DRoseDARs]

33. Why? Because Dobson = Litmus Test...

Anyone that's A-OK with him must be D.O.A. with the Dems and any moderate conservative. It's difficult to be harder right than Dobson without going over the edge of batshit crazy like Fred Phelps.

[sarcasmo]

41. To me Dobson is the new head of the Christian Taliban.

Robertson is no longer relevant, after his kill Hugo spew.

[merwin]

2. So is that why he was a dissenting opinion to reverse Roe v Wade?

I forgot what state, but Franken mentioned that he was one of the dissenting opinions.

Not make new laws, huh?

[Scooter24]

5. He was the lone dissenter

in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. This was about a law that required women to notify the child's father before having an abortion.

He then, surprisingly, ruled that partial-birth abortions were Constitutional.

But there are two other cases which worry me...

He ruled that female students who were physically sexually abused, including touching and sodomization, by fellow students during the course of a class do not have a cause of action under 42 U.S.C 1983 because the state does not have a special duty of caring for them. 42 U.S.C. 1983 allows for civil action for deprivation of rights.

He was the lone dissenter in US v. Rybar which upheld a federal statute making it "unlawful for any person to transfer or possess a machine gun." Alito would have stricken the law as unsupported by the Commerce Clause powers of Congress. In other words, in his view, we all have a Constitutional right to own a machine gun.

[ErisFiveFingers]

24. PP vs Casey wasn't about the father...

Here:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=505&invol=833

It did *not* require the child's father be notified.

It required that a married womans' *husband* be notified, if the pregnancy was his, and if such notification would not present a threat to the physical health of the woman, and it wasn't a product of the husband raping her (reported), and such notification was reasonably possible.

Scalito basically argued that signing a form in a Dr.'s office wasn't a big deal, the USSC disagreed, because it might discourage women in a number of other ways (unreported rape by husband, threats to mental health rather than physical, etc.).

IIRC, in the student case, I believe his argument was that the school itself shouldn't be sued.. not that the students had no case, just that their case wasn't a civil rights case against the school...

His view of the commerce clause is typical of the right wing, where they argue against federal regulation of a great number of things, such as EPA laws, Endagered Species Act, the FDA, USDA, etc. Basically, any form of interaction. Guns are no exception.

[XemaSab]

29. Ah, nothing like old fashioned family values....

"In other words, in his view, we all have a Constitutional right to own a machine gun."

[Daphne08]

4. Yep. This tells the tale! n/t

[Canuckistanian]

6. OK, we can skip the confirmation process now

Thanks for saving the taxpayers a lot of money, SpongeDob!

[triguy46]

7. Well lah di dah...God is smiling on us now. n/t

[biscotti]

8. Radical Fundamentalist

[Catch22Dem]

9. Welp, that's all I needed to know

If that batshit crazy motherfucker likes him, he can take a leap off the Washington Monument for all I care, he'll never, ever see my support.

[KamaAina]

10. Did Dobson have advance word on this one, too?

Have we reached the point where every potential nomination must be vetted by a scary medieval bible-thumper?! :scared:

[anotherdrew]

12. thanks god our shadow emperor is happy

[jody]

13. That's why we need term limits on SCOTUS, move approval to the House, and

require at least two thirds vote to approve a nominee.

Amendments to our Constitution require 3/4 of the states approve them and SCOTUS through its interpretations makes the law just as effectively and more easily that going through the Amendment process prescribed by our Constitution.

AS it stands today, worst case scenario, 2% of the population could prevent an Amendment but 8% of the population with their Senators could approve a rogue president's nomination for Supreme Court Justice, a life time job.

[sarcasmo]

20. I agree it should be a 4year term limit just like the President.

Lifetime appointments are just wrong and this one can do way to much damage to our country.

[daleo]

14. He is so happy, he decided to kick the puppy. n/t

[0rganism]

15. ...which alone should keep him the fuck away from any judgeship

Dobson: "As a federal judge for the last 15 years, Judge Alito has demonstrated that he understands the role of the judiciary is to interpret existing law in light of the Constitution, not make new law in service to a personal political agenda."

Every Day is Opposite Day in Theofascistland.

[jody]

16. "in light of the Constitution" as we define it as God's spokesperson. n/t

[NVMojo]

19. just so these religious fuckers can supercede my religious rights?

Screw them all!

[pecwae]

21. Operation Rescue statement from NARAL site:

"We are trusting that we are now on the fast-track to derailing Roe v. Wade as the law of the land," -- Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue

[Selteri]

22. Anyone Dobson is for, I'm afraid of!

Dobson's word reminds me of those people who thought that beating a woman with a stick was OK as long as it wasn't as big as your thumb in diameter AKA Absive nasty people.

[Gman]

23. Now there's a big red flag about Alito

hope the Dems in the Senate are paying attention. It's kinda hard to miss.

[99Pancakes]

26. But if the Dems filibuster...

the Repukes will move for an up or down vote.

This Alito nomination truly scares me, and it goes beyond Roe v Wade. Imagine how badly he'll trash our other hard won rights? We're talking Roberts and Alito for 30 years!!!

[TheCowsCameHome]

25. Bite me, Jim.

[MadisonProgressive]

27. Another one disqualified

[Maat]

28. Well, it certain lays wide open the fact that Dobson is purely a political

animal ... and not an nice little PhD with a family 'ministry.'

Because the sentiments expressed by him are very ugly, and not in the least Christian, or in any way related to the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.

If he released this on Focus's 501-c-3 letterhead, then FOF's tax exempt status should be revoked.

[NAO]

31. Dobson's Theocratic Terrorist Training Camp has it's own ZIP Code

Fundamentalist Extremest James Dobson has operated a Theocratic Terrorist Training Camp for over 20 years now. Known to the faithful as "Focus on the Family", it conducts training of political operatives specializing in honing hatred toward infidels, liberals and homosexuals. Dobson initially developed his organization by focusing on the teaching that parents should beat their children, in the name of the Lord.

Lately Dobson has made the news by 'outing' and issuing Fatwas on cartoon characters such as Sponge Bob Square Pants and Shrek for their (covert) support of the nefarious 'homosexual agenda'.

[Maat]

38. Yep, that's Dobson.

Well - to the individual that has anything to do with him or his writings - shame on them!

[NAO]

30. Radical Cleric James Dobson praises Alito, issues Fatwa on Activist Judges

Fundamentalist Radical Clerics such as Falwell, Dobson, and Robertson are not merely medieval throwbacks or misguided religious hacks. They are part of a well organized subversionary movement known as "Dominionism".

Dominionism constitutes a serious threat to American Democracy. These Radical Clerics have developed and are executing a detailed plan to gradually replace the free, secular democratic society of the United States with a Theocracy.

It is critical that people become aware of the extreme agenda these people have for the United States and ultimately for the world. The results of the 2004 Presidential Election were not a fluke or something that was drummed up over a period of months. It has been in planning for over 20 years, and what we are seeing take place now is, in the words of Katherine Yurica, "the swift advance of a planned coup".

The Swift Advance of a Planned Coup: Conquering by Stealth and Deception - How the Dominionists Are Succeeding in Their Quest for National Control and World Power
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheSwiftAdvanceOfaPlannedCoup.htm

The Despoiling of America: How George W. Bush became the head of the new American Dominionist Church/State
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm

The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party
a public information project from TheocracyWatch.org
http://www.theocracywatch.org

The Religious Right - An Anti-American Terrorist Movement
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8816.htm

[BiggJawn]

32. He was so tickled he flogged Siggy the Dachshund...

There you have it. Bush has gone and nominated Cotton Mather to the SCROTUS.

[Bridget Burke]

34. Concerned Women of America also think he's peachy...

Judge Alito has always been one of our top choices for the Supreme Court,” said Jan LaRue, CWA’s chief counsel. “He has all of the qualifications needed: intellect, knowledge and experience in constitutional law, integrity, competence, humility and judicial temperament.”

“Since about half of the current members of the Democratic caucus confirmed Alito in 1990, he should sail through to confirmation by an overwhelming majority. Judge Alito will help swing the Court back to the Constitution and restore the only balance that matters,” LaRue concluded.

“We congratulate President Bush on an excellent choice. We urge the Senate to hold fair and dignified hearings and a speedy vote for this worthy nominee,” said Mrs. Beverly LaHaye, founder and chairman of CWA.

www.cwfa.org/courts.asp

Beverly LaHaye, wife of Tim ("Left Behind") LaHaye founded CWA to fight the Equal Rights Amendment. The group remains as a fount of Religious Right thought. Here's some good stuff on the LaHayes & Dobson, dug up by some very bright & politicized witches(!) in Georgia:

www.tylwythteg.com/enemies/LaHaye/general.htm

[Maat]

39. Interesting piece on the LaHayes.

Thanks for the link.

[Iris]

35. oh, well, great! As long as Dobson is happy.

What else could this country want?

[alarcojon]

36. Can't really add to what's already been said

but if Dobson is extremely pleased, we need to oppose Alito tooth and nail.

[Strawman]

37. Fight Fight Fight

We have to fight these people. These are people who are so loony they would rather see women get cervical cancer than have safe sex. It's a moral imperative for our representatives to represent us here and resist the right wing.

[Supersedeas]

40. Mission Accomplished - the overseer is extremely pleased

[Bake]

42. Nothing wrong with life terms for fed judges

Nobody here has been bitching about Ruth Bader Ginsberg serving a life term on the Court. Let's TRY to be more consistent than the Pukes. Nobody here has been bitching about Kennedy serving on the Court for life. Why? They're "our" justices. Of course the Pukes were screaming about Kennedy once he left the reservation!

The life term works both ways. The way to control the judiciary, esp. SCOTUS, is to win elections, both the WH and Senate. The lifetime appointment is SUPPOSED to remove the judiciary from politics as usual. Amazingly, it seemed to have worked with Kennedy.

Bake, Esq.