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Originally Posted by Elphaba
I have great admiration for Susan Collins. I will be interested in her vote, too.
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As do I, Elphaba. I also happen to know that Ms. Collins is almost certain to vote in favor of Alito. Further, I would put both Snowe and Chaffee in the "likely" category...
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Originally Posted by Associated Press
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito defended the right of government officials to order domestic wiretaps for national security when he worked at the Reagan Justice Department, an echo of President Bush's rationale for spying on US residents in the war on terror.
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The article quoted in the opening post of this thread begins by clearly stating that Alito was an advocate for the executive branch when he was defending the power of the executive. In the same way that the Dream Team seemed totally oblivious to the possibility of O.J.'s guilt, so too was Alito singularly committed to furthering the interests of his client, the executive branch.
The job of an advocate is to make the strongest possible case for one extreme or the other, not to make a judgment on what is the most reasonable position.
I would also caution the reader against assuming that Roberts and Scalia support unlimited executive power. While Thomas seems headed down that road, I can provide evidence that his conservative colleagues do not share those views.