Who is Alito and why does the outcome of his nomination have repercussions for decades to come? Hear fascists and religious fanatics declare support for Alito in their own words. Check out leaders of the Democratic Party telling us to seek common ground with Christian Fascists in their own words. Click below for why and how we must resist this nomination as part of a major step towards a fascist theocracy.
Pat Robertson: “We can see that majority shifted on the court . instead of going 4 to 5 against the Lord, going 5 to 4 in His favor.” See Video.
As the President’s approval ratings began to really plummet this past fall,and as indictments of key figures in his administration came down, many breathed a deep sigh of relief and issued proclamations of the “final days of a lame duck”. The anti-Bush blogs, liberal columnists and op-ed pieces clamored about the in-over-his-head President packing his bags, buried by the mess he created in Iraq.
How does Bush think he could defend himself? He doesn’t.
He goes on the offensive calling for more unjust war, more military sacrifice, labeling war critics “treasonous” and drops Harriet Miers as his Supreme Court nominee for a more openly Christian Fascist Samuel Alito.
Who is this Alito and why does the outcome of his nomination have repercussions for decades to come? How should we be responding to this and why does this powerfully highlight the necessity to break out of the confines hammered into place by the Democrats with a call for massive, visible resistance to the nomination of this theocrat?
With these questions in mind, there are some important lessons to be drawn from the previous Supreme Court nomination of John Roberts:
(1) It has proven extremely demobilizing to foolishly repeat the mantra of “I must know everything about a nominee before I make a decision and act”.
(2) Conducting investigations to prove what has already been proven and confining your objections to letter writing campaigns to appeal to Democratic Senators who have already shown their true colors and have gone along with Bush’s fascistic moves every step of the way is (a) loss by default and (b) leading people to accommodation and demoralization.
(3) There are millions of people closely watching this with horror and are looking for a way to act.
(4) World Can’t Wait–Drive Out the Bush Regime is the vehicle that can seriously take on this challenge in a way that unleashes millions of people to polarize society on the RIGHT terms and not allow this Fascist to stroll in to the highest court in the United States.
(5) As we unite and mobilize with others, we must be linking the fight against Alito and what represents with the need to Drive out the Bush Regime and manifest a loud, determined, society-wide demand on the night of the State of the Union Address for Bush to Step Down, followed by a National Mobilization in D.C. that weekend.
The Alito Application
The Washington Times released a job application for Alito where he clearly states: “The textual, historical and doctrinal basis of [Roe v. Wade] is so far flawed that this Court should overrule it and return the law to the condition in which it was before that case was decided” and “I (Alito) developed a deep interest in constitutional law, motivated in large part by disagreement with Warren Court decisions”.
The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren ruled in favor of such things as: Mexican-Americans to be able to serve on juries, the legalization of birth control, the right to have a lawyer, the outlaw of forced prayer in public schools and the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education case that ended official segregation in public schools! Alito did not just admit this, but prided himself in disagreeing with Warren Court decisions in an application he submitted under the Reagan Administration. For more detailed facts check out: Save the Court’s Alito’s 1985 Application and Quick Facts on Sam Alito along with Revolution Newspaper’s article on The Alito Application and the Silence of the Democrats.
Some say this was in the past and we have to see where Alito stands now before we make any decisions. Again this framework can only serve to demobilize people. Alito has not disagreed with anything on the application and if anything he has moved farther to the right given the current trajectory in society.
Look at who is in his Corner
“It is clear that the courts are out of step with America. The liberal mindset has been driven from the Legislative Branch, it’s been driven from the Executive Branch and the last bastion of this anti-Christian and really anti-American viewpoint is in the court.”
–Tony Perkins, partner-in-crime with ex-KKK leader David Duke, President of the Christian Family Research Council and Alito supporter
Every Christian Fascist from Pat Robertson to James Dobson to Jerry Falwell to the right-wing Kansas Senator James Brownback is jumping for joy over the Alito nomination.
The New York Times reported, “On Jan. 8, the day before the confirmation hearings are to begin, a coalition of Christian conservative groups will rally support for confirmation with the latest in a series of “Justice Sunday” telecasts to churches and Christian radio and television broadcasters from Philadelphia. The third of the Family Research Council‘s events to rally religious right support for Bush’s judicial nominees was originally to be held on December 4, 2005.” Justice Sunday is headed by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Tony Perkins and James Dobson, who make the outrageous claim that “the biggest Holocaust in world history came out of the Supreme Court” with the Roe v. Wade decision”. Justice Sunday’s website states that Justice Sunday II made its way into 79 million households in 50 states on Sunday, August 14th, 2005.Check out these video clips of Pat Robertson, Tony Perkins and Jerry Sutton calling for the takeover of the Supreme Court in order to preserve “God’s Law” in a Christian America.
Filibuster? Get a Clue.
“There is not going to be some savior from the Democratic Party. This whole idea of putting our hopes and energies into “leaders” who tell us to seek common ground with fascists and religious fanatics is proving every day to be a disaster, and actually serves to demobilize people.” –from the World Can’t Wait Call
We don’t have to make things up to convince people that Democratic leaders will not come to the rescue in stopping Alito from climbing into Judge’s chair; they are saying it themselves.
*New York Senator Chuck Schumer said the meeting with Alito was “very, very enjoyable,” and also said that the judge told him he did not believe in “originalism,” a stance common among conservatives that the Constitution means what it originally was understood as meaning. “Principles are applied differently in different times,” noted Mr. Schumer, saying he was loosely quoting Judge Alito. “I found that to be a positive thing that he said.”
*”I found him to be very impressive. I found him to be a very thoughtful person,” Sen. Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat, said after meeting with Judge Alito yesterday. “He got off to a very good start with me.”
*”My own sense from my colleagues is that a filibuster is not likely,” Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado told reporters.(1)
As a WCW youth organizer stated, ” Is the problem that the Democrats are spineless? NO.The main problem is that they are ripping the spine out of your back and leaving you politically paralyzed.”
“That which you will not resist and mobilize to stop, you will learn(or be forced(to accept.” – from the World Can’t Wait Call
Is Tony Perkins a raving lunatic? Yes. Should we take to heart his comments that the Court is the last bastion of an anti-Christian viewpoint? Absolutely. The Bush Regime is far along in reconfiguring the governing of society and recognizes “that fascism demands the subordination of all institutions to a single will.”(2) This regime truly has wild ambitions to replace the “rule of law” with the “rule of god”.
Millions of people are agonizing and outraged by the future that will be brought into being by Alito and in particular this includes people studying and practicing Law. Right away, our to-do list must include meeting with Law Professors, NLG Chapters, ACLU Chapters (and ACLU Campus Chapters), heads of Law Departments, and saturating the Law School buildings on campuses with the World Can’t Wait Call and flyers for State of the Union Protests. The Alito nomination needs to be linked up with the overarching Fascist direction society is heading under the Bush Regime and the necessity for a massive outpouring of people to Drown out the Lies of Bush’s State of the Union Address. We will Bring the Noise and sound the alarm of a State of Emergency, demanding: “Bush, Step Down and Take Your Program With You” as we unite forces and people from all around the country to descend on the nation’s capitol for a National Mobilization to deliver the People’s Verdict: Guilty of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity.The Alito hearings will start Jan.9th and we need to be preparing to repudiate this nomination in connection with the nation-wide State of the Union Protests.
Allen Lang
National Student and Youth Organizer
youth_students@worldcantwait.org
(1) See Washington Times Article “Top Democrats say Alito Likely to Get the Nod”
(2) See C. Clark Kissinger’s ” Taking Down The Courts”