Alito hearings, afternoon edition
4:02 PM: Alito just keeps digging. He can't get away from the "analogy" relating a minor needing to notify a parent about abortion and a woman needing to notify a husband. Cause we're just like kids anyway, right?
4:00 PM: Health exception stuff...does a law need to have a health exception to be considered constitutional? Alito gave a half answer, says that the issue of women's health is "compelling."
3:56 PM: Feinstein is smacking Alito down on his whole husband-notification nonsense.
Latest from Nancy Keenan: "Samuel Alito did not refute his record of opposition to Roe v. Wade."
3:40 PM: Feinstein. You gotta love her.
12:50 PM: Biden wants to talk about Casey but doesn't have time...will have to wait until later. Sigh.
12:45 PM: Another discrimination case from Biden, pushing Alito on "real world" racism (which apparently he doesn't quite get).
12:32 PM: Biden says that others noted that Alito's judgment in the Bray discrimination case could effectively "eviscerate Title VII" and ignored the reality of racial animus. Dear lord.
12:32 PM: Biden is bringing up the Princeton club again and discrimination and how subtle it's become. He's questioning Alito on discrimination cases. This should be interesting.
12:29 PM: Biden is talking about Alito replacing O'Connor. And how important it is to understand that the hearings go beyond Alito, but is about who he is replacing.
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I liked that part of Biden's speech, er, talk. I have come to dearly love Biden, Kennedy, Leahy, Feinstein, etc.
I noticed that, again, when Alito was asked about that Princeton group, he still did not answer the question but again went into the ROTC thing.
O'Connor stated, numerous times even, that any limit on abortion has to have a health exception bc of Roe v. Wade. Is that considered precedent?
I posted on Alito's decision in Casey v. Planned Parenthood and again on Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood. While I can certainly understand Alito's reason for dissent in Casey, I definitely don't agree with it.
(Oh, perhaps I should say hi and that Jill over at Feministe linked you. I'm so glad I found this site!)