BUSH'S NEW SUPREME COURT NOMINEE:
STRIP SEARCHING TEN YEAR OLD
GIRL WITHOUT WARRANT OKAY

From TBogg courtesy of Eschaton:

In Doe v. Groody, Alito agued that police officers had not violated constitutional rights when they strip searched a mother and her ten-year-old daughter while carrying out a search warrant that authorized only the search of a man and his home. [Doe v. Groody, 2004]

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It's much more than abortion rights that makes this nutjob of a judge a right wing extremist. This guy really seems to have a pretty totalitarian understanding of civil rights. That is, he seems to think they end whenever the government wants. Clearly, Senate Democrats need to throw caution to the wind and Bork the hell out of this nominee. They've already shown (see above post) that there'll be hell to pay if the Republicans throw out filibuster rules on judicial nominations. This is a win/win situation. The Democrats can shut the damned Senate down if they want, and there's no "popular" President to intervene by appealing to the electorate. Kick some ass, now.

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