Republican Mike Lee throws a tantrum after legal expert criticizes Justice Alito

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By Alex Henderson, AlterNet
Published July 16, 2021

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On July 14, election law expert Rick Hasen was among the people who testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on voting rights. Hasen has been critical of right-wing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's ruling on voting rights in the case Brnovich v. the Democratic National Committee. And when Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah took exception to his criticism of Alito and demanded an apology, Hasen doubled down on his views.

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California, questioning Hasen, noted that Alito considers himself a champion of "textualist judicial philosophy" but argued that when he wrote the majority opinion in Brnovich, Alito "abandoned textualism altogether" because his opinion was "divorced" from the intent of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. And Hasen agreed with Padilla, saying that Justice Elena Kagan's dissent in Brnovich was more "textualist" than Alito because she considered that law's intent.

Hasen said of the Brnovich ruling, "This opinion abandons textualism. They came up with these guideposts that have absolutely no connection to the text of the statute or even to precedent, which is something that textualists will often look to…. What Justice Alito did was smoke and mirrors."

https://www.rawstory.com/republican-mike-lee-has-a-tantrum-after-a-legal-expert-criticizes-justice-alito/

[Midnight Writer]

1. Mike Lee doesn't get the credit he deserves. He is one of the craziest Republicans we have.

He doesn't draw as much attention as some of the more flamboyant crazies, but this man meets any standard metric for evil lunatic.

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4. And what he said about the insurrectionist should make everyone in this country

worried....he basically supported there criminal actions....and now he is backing a "guy" that really should be disbarred along with other money backed federalist society judges...

[rickyhall]

2. He's about as far to the right as possible without falling off.

[WHITT]

3. Nailed It

They came up with these guideposts that have absolutely no connection to the text of the statute or even to precedent

That's what Lee is apoplectic about. It's proof Alito issued a politico decision, not a legal decision.

[MurrayDelph]

6. That's true for all "textualists"

They look for something they can reverse-engineer into rationalizing the answer they wanted to come up with all along.

[berniesandersmittens]

5. The title is is too narrow

Should be Rebublican_____________throws a tantrum.

It's more inclusive. Don't want any of those whiners to get left out.

[Brother Buzz]

7. This is personal with Sen Lee

The ass clerked for Samuel Alito back he was a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

[The Magistrate]

8. This One Got Right Up My Left Nostril, Sir

Who the fuck does he think he is to demand an apology from a citizen of the United States whose opinion differs from his, let alone one whose opinion is correct whereas his not just dead wrong but self-serving to boot.

He's nothing but a jacked-up Senator, no better than anyone else and worse by far than most.