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In Day Two, Alito Says Even Wartime Presidents Are Not Above the Law

Posted on Jan 9, 2006

AP: WASHINGTON—Judge Samuel Alito absorbed hours of criticism from Senate Democrats at close quarters Monday, then pledged at his confirmation hearings to do what the law requires “in every single case” if approved for the Supreme Court.

“A judge can’t have any agenda, a judge can’t have any preferred outcome in any particular case, and a judge certainly doesn’t have a client,” said Alito, the 55-year-old appeals judge who is President Bush’s choice to succeed Sandra Day O’Connor for the swing seat on a divided high court. | story

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By Ray, January 11, 2006 at 12:17 am #
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Yes, but he thinks that, by law, the President has virtually unlimited power. He, and President Bush, pose a serious threat to democracy and the Constitution.

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