Most Supreme Court nominees are overwhelmingly confirmed. Justice Ginsburg was confirmed, 96-3. Justice Breyer was confirmed, 89-9. Justice Souter was confirmed, 90-9. Justices Kennedy and Stevens were confirmed, 98-0. Justice O'Connor was confirmed, 99-0. Justice Blackmun was confirmed, 94-0. Justice Thurgood Marshall was confirmed, 69-11. Even William Rehnquist, a polarizing figure in the Nixon Justice Department, was confirmed to be an Associate Justice, 72-26, in 1972. It's very rare that Supreme Court Justices aren't overwhelmingly confirmed. This link supports the assumption. So Democrats should take comfort that they garnered over 40 votes against this nominee.
Still, with a vote of 58 to 42 in favor of Alito still mean one thing, he's the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Whether it's 60 to 40, 70 to 30, or 80 to 20, the confirmation means one thing, either the guy gets to be U.S. Supreme Court Justice or not. And we had enough Democrats (19 altogether who voted against for cloture ending the chance for filibuster) to vote in favor of Alito. You might as well as blame Sen. Kennedy, Sen. Biden, Sen. Leahy and Sen. Feinstein for their antics during the Judicial committee hearing. Or else Sen. "Sheets" Byrd wouldn't have condemned the awful tirade and spectacle he had to witness from the screaming, extremist Liberals who had nothing to show for in trying to shake Mr. Samuel Alito down. This was the worse, pathetic display of dripping venom from liberal extremists I have ever seen.
30 more years! 30 more years! 30 more years! 30 more years!
Congratulations Alito. You deserve it.
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