Bullshit letter from Mallard (R-Thug-CO) about Alito

[Hawkeye-X]

December 8, 2005


Dear Hawkeye-X:

Thank you for contacting me regarding Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush's nominee as Associate Justice to the U. S. Supreme Court. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts on this important issue.

Samuel A. Alito, Jr., received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University and attended Yale Law School, where he served as an editor on the Yale Law Journal. After law school, Judge Alito clerked for Judge Leonard Garth of the Third Circuit, who is now his colleague on that court.

Judge Alito spent the next 15 years of his distinguished legal career at the U.S. Department of Justice, including as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. While serving at the Department, he argued 12 Supreme Court cases and more than two dozen court of appeals cases. In 1990, President George H. Bush nominated Judge Alito to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. For the second time, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously in favor of his confirmation. Over the course of his past 15 years on the bench, Judge Alito has written hundreds of opinions that reflect his keen intellect, temperament, and appreciation for the limited role of a judge.

Judge Alito is without a doubt a highly qualified and experienced jurist.
I also promised the people of Colorado that I would support judges who are committed to the rule of law and who understand that the proper role of a judge is to strictly interpret the law, not legislate from the bench. In conversing with Judge Alito during the course of our November 15, 2005, meeting, I observed that he is also a man of great restraint, delivering thoughtful, careful, and thorough responses to my many questions. I believe this is indicative of his view of the limited role of a judge and consistent with my promise to the people of Colorado.

I was also pleased with Judge Alito's response to my questions regarding issues of concern to the West, such as water law and public land policy.
He told me that he had come to appreciate the importance and complexity of these issues while working in the U.S. Solicitor General's office in the early 1980s.

I look forward to learning more about Judge Alito during the Judiciary Committee hearings and am hopeful that my colleagues will accord him a fair and respectful confirmation process, ending in a timely up-or-down vote.

Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts on this historic issue. For more information regarding issues important to Colorado and the nation, please feel free to visit my website at http://allard.senate.gov. I look forward to hearing from you in the future.



Sincerely,
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Wayne Allard
United States Senator

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1. Wayne has already lined up behind Bush

No hearings or debate needed.