The Democrat media circus Senate Judiciary Committee hearings regarding Judge Samuel Alito, President Bush's latest nominee for the Supreme Court, begin today. Most of today's time will be spent on opening statements by the committee members; Alito will be sworn in this afternoon and make his opening statement, with questioning to begin tomorrow.
Here is the full schedule for this week's hearings.
Naturally Alito will be hammered with questions regarding abortion and with questions dealing with presidential power, in light of the recent leaks about the NSA intercepting and analyzing phone calls suspected to possibly contain information related to domestic terrorism. Alito is rumored to be less polished that John Roberts, though it is unthinkable that he would be outwitted by the Democrat Senators on the Committee. This weekend, Drudge ran a story suggesting that Democrats have dredged up a supposed link to a "racist" association of Princeton alumni. And naturally, the "filibuster" specter is hanging in the air. Incidentally, the American Bar Association gave Judge Alito a "well qualified" rating -- its highest -- last week.
My opinion? Alito will be grilled, will answer the questions honestly and will have some good moments sparring with Democrat senators. I don't see a filibuster taking place; if one does, it will be a short-lived desperation measure. Short of an "Anita Hill" revelation, Alito will be narrowly confirmed with Democrats expressing "grave concern" and having "deep reservations" about the judge, just for the record.
Malkin roundup is here.
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Although it did not garner much press, this weekend the Family Research Council hosted Justice Sunday III, a live telecast beamed to participating churches and aired over Christian satellite and cabel channels. The theme of the program, naturally, was Judge Alito's confirmation. My GodBlogCon friends Charmaine Yoest, LaShawn Barber and Stacy Harp (start here and scroll down) were among the bloggers invited to the Justice Sunday III program.
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