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January 9, 2006

Kennedy Attacks Alito with Fabricated Charges

Topics: Supreme Court

Michelle Malkin notes what is probably obvious to everyone (Democrats and Republicans alike): Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. lied during the Senate nomination hearings today.

"In an era when America is still too divided by race and riches, Judge "Alioto" has not written one single opinion on the merits in favor of a person of color alleging race discrimination on the job. In fifteen years on the bench, not one," he said.

The senator failed to mention that Alito voted numerous times in favor of such claimants, and wrote a dissent in one such case. Facts which Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., raised in his opening statement to pointedly refute Kennedy.

The Committee for Justice further outlines Alito's respectable civil rights record, which Kennedy denied in his public statements.

Some have commented that this reflects desperation, but I see it as Kennedy and Company's standard operating procedure.

Update: in case you're wondering exactly what Sessions said, here are his relevant statements:

Senator Kennedy claimed that you've not offered an opinion or a dissent siding with a claim of racial discrimination. I would point him to U.S. v. Kithcart. There you made it clear the Constitution does not allow police officers to racially profile black drivers.

A police officer received a report that two black males in a black sports car had committed three robberies. Later, they pulled over a driver because he was a black man in a black sports car.

You wrote that this violated the Fourth Amendment. You stated that the mere fact that Kithcart was black and the perpetrators had been described as two black males was plainly insufficient.

And they also may want to look at your majority opinion in Brinson v. Vaughn, where you ruled that the Constitution does not allow prosecutors to exclude African-Americans from jurors.

SESSIONS: And you granted the petition -- habeas petition -- in that case, reversing the conviction. You stated the Constitution guarantees, quote, "that a state does not use peremptory challenges of jurors, to remove any black jurors because of his race. Thus, a prosecutor's decision to refrain from discriminating against some African-American voters does not cure discrimination against others," closed quote.





Posted by tim at January 9, 2006 5:30 PM


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We shall take no moral instructions from Senator Kennedy.

Stretching, ignoring, or simply subverting facts is his perfected MO. Of course, the press almost always gives him a pass.

Posted by: sandstorm at January 9, 2006 7:46 PM

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