Scalito & Libby

Have to admit I knew next to nothing about Judge Alito--though the internets certainly make it easy to learn a great deal...Let's see: supports the right to strip-search 10 year olds, demands spousal notification for abortion...in other words, a strict constructionalist, minus the 4th, 9th, and 10th amendments, not to mention the 14th--and the 5th (due process at the federal level).

Billmon notes the potential for the Alito swing vote to render null and void everything from Griswold v. Connecticut on.

Oh--and then there's the whole machine gun thing. Short version: Sam loves 'em...wants you to have one too...

Shifting gears for just a moment, I've been considering the Libby indictment over the weekend, as has everyone else. I'm holding out hope that he's still bait on the hook, but I began to wonder: IF Scooter takes the fall for them all, what's to keep Shrub from folding up the tent and saying, "Scooter, PARDON." ? I'm not losing any sleep over that, but it's in the back of my mind.

Finally, while DC engages in navel gazing, Operation Destroy Our Military continues full-swing in Mesopotamia--six more dead over the last couple of days. You'd think Team Bush might give a shit--but, looks like they're more concerned about their OWN asses (pun intended) than the folks they've sent off to play the real life version of the Shirley Jackson short story.

Outta here--back tomorrow.