Several Tax profs have joined a letter signed by 500 law professors opposing the confirmation of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to the Supreme Court. Here is the opening of the letter addressed to Senators Specter and Leahy:
As law professors from across the United States, we write to express our opposition to the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to the United States Supreme Court. Nominated by President Bush to replace moderately conservative Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Judge Alito has a 15-year record of trying to push the law sharply to the right. According to the National Law Journal, Judge Alito “is described by lawyers as exceptionally bright, but much more of an ideologue than most of his colleagues.”1 Analyses show that in close cases – the kinds of cases the Supreme Court reviews – Judge Alito consistently takes positions that devalue individual rights and protections. And despite the president’s pledge to nominate someone who embraces the principle of judicial restraint, Judge Alito often reaches his conclusions by overturning or weakening federal statutes, diminishing constitutional safeguards, and hollowing out precedent.
The Tax Prof signatories include:
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Linda Beale (Illinois)
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Neil Buchanan (Rutgers-Newark)
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Gwen Thayer Handelman (Nova)
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Anthony Infanti
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Theodore Seto (Loyola-L.A.)
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Jeffrey Sherman (Chicago-Kent)
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2 responses to “Tax Profs Join Letter Opposing Alito Confirmation”
hmm, maybe this blog can merge with the all saint’s church.
The intro should have been “As law professors from across the United States, and stooges for left wing special interest groups”
If your argument is that Judge Alito is a conservative, you deserve to loose. President Bush won the election and one of his campaign promises was that he would apoint conservatives to the Bench. Liberals lost. Get over it.