GOP witness' organization gave Alito "not qualified" rating(Kos)

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The GOP plans to call as a pro-Alito witness Cathy Fleming. Here's her bio from the GOP's witness list culled from an email press release out of Arlen Specter's office:

Tentative Majority Witness List and Bios:
Panel 5 - Witnesses acquainted with Judge Alito's legal work
Cathy Fleming - a Partner at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, who served as a division chief when Alito was New Jersey U.S. Attorney. She is the president-elect of the National Association of Women Lawyers.

Ms. Fleming is the President-Elect of The National Association of Women Lawyers, the nation's oldest women's bar association devoted to the interests of women lawyers and their families, and is a partner at the law firm of Edwards & Angell in New York. She specializes in complex civil and white collar criminal litigation. She has been in private practice for more than 25 years. She has known Judge Alito for nearly 20 years, having worked with him when he was the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey and she was the Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of the Special Prosecutions Unit. Ms. Fleming is a life-long Democrat, outspoken women's rights advocate, and liberal-minded criminal defense attorney.

Wow. The president-elect of the National Association of Women Lawyers! Good score! Well, what does NAWL have to say about Alito?
The National Association of Women Lawyers
("NAWL"), Committee for the Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominees, has evaluated Judge Samuel Alito for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Committee has determined that Judge Alito is not qualified to serve on the Court from the perspective of laws and decisions regarding women's rights or that have a special impact on women.

Ooops.

Update: I have reproduced the entire Specter email here, which lays out the schedule for the week and GOP witness list.

http://www.dailykos.com/
('NAWL') Issues Evaluation of Judge Samuel A. Alito
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-08-2006/0004244753&EDATE=

[Eric J in MN]

1. Recommended your post!

nt

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. For GOP anti-women's rights is a plus with their base

NAWL: "Judge Alito is not qualified to serve on the Court from the perspective of laws and decisions regarding women's rights or that have a special impact on women"

[baal]

3. OK, I don't get it.....

If the liberal president of NAWL apparently plans to endorse Alito, what difference does it make if the official position of NAWL is different. Best case scenario its a wash, worse case it makes NAWL look like an organization that doesn't know what it wants and they come off as a Repugs wet dream, a bunch of linguini spined liberal feminazis whose own president repudiates them.

I don't see how this helps us.

[Mugsy]

6. That's not the point.

Consider: How does the future leader of an organization that does not support the appointment of Alito then come out and vouch for him?

Will she go against her own organization and give Alito her support, or will she represent the conclusions of NAWL?

If she defends/supports Alito, her credibility is shot. Expect the panel to question her on NAWL's position.

[IndyOp]

4. She is testifying to counteract the NAWL committee's negative conclusion..

My take: She is president-elect, is conservative, and the committee ruled in a way that she does not like so she is testifying to directly say that the committee is controlled by a few extremist feminists and that she could not disagree more with its conclusion that Alito is not qualified.

The GOP is making the exact right move - prevent the Dems from holding up NAWL :thumbsdown: by bringing in Fleming to poo-poo the committee's conclusion.

:(

[stepnw1f]

5. Alito Doesn't Have Much Support ...

so the pukes are trying to mold perception that their nominee does, once again. Stupid, extreme and unDemocratic once again. They have no support... these neo-fascists are a super minority; in fact they are a totalitarian minority.

They are creating the perfect storm for a civil war/revolution.

[oneold1-4u]

8. CW&R

The perfect storm would be Impeachment of the whole bunch and trials and punishment for all who even had knowledge of any crime, no matter if it is money laundering or usurping the constitution by judicial authority.
If the common individual seemed to have more money than they could account for, they would be under investigation by the government! The people in power today have more in just their pocket than the average person has in the bank. They all need investigated!
This will not ever likely happen, and I see a repeat of the Bolshivic type of activity (Russia)among the millions of Americans who understand that a totalitarian type of take over, of a once free nation, has been and is still being done.
The only means that revolt in any manner would have strength is that the world has seen all the lies, cheating, death, and massive corruption for the past 51/2 years, and the free world still wants to count on the US being free!

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

7. Surprise!

This inquiry originated from a search on www.findlaw.com.

Comments:
Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick,

I am looking for representation regarding a microchip that was implanted in my body in 1998. As unusual as this sounds my privacy is being violated and my Constitutional rights especially 4th are violated. Congresswoman 'deleted' told me to contact a civil rights attorney "if" I felt my rights were being violated. I have the chip as proof in my arm.
Please contact me either by phone, 'deleted' and or email.
I am not pulling your leg. I need representation.

Preferred contact method:email

[klook]

9. Direct link?

I looked at the site and didn't see anything about somebody claiming to have a microchip implant. :tinfoilhat:

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

10. Direct Link?

1000+ posts and you are looking for a link to an obvious personal letter to a civil rights attorney?

[klook]

11. Hmmm....

25 posts and you're acting like you don't need to provide a source for this quote?

Maybe after you've been around DU a little longer you'll realize that people ask for links here all the time. It's not a personal attack. Wouldn't it have been just as easy to post the URL to the specific page you're talking about as to post an argumentative reply?

When I go to findlaw.com, I see nothing on the main page about a guy wanting help because he's had a microchip in him since 1998. When I search the Legal Issues, the Blog, and the Commentary sections, I see nothing about it, either. I'm sure the page you quoted is just buried somewhere in the web site where a clod like me can't find it. So I was hoping that you, in the spirit of Democratic fellowship, would provide a direct link to the page in question. Would that be too much trouble?

And while we're on the subject, what on earth does all this have to do with the witness from the National Assn. of Women Lawyers and whether she agrees with her organization's recommendation that Alito not be confirmed? Nothing, as far as I can tell. But I'm sure you were only trying to share some important information.

By the way, welcome to DU! :hi:

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12. I see they pulled her from the list

Senate Judiciary Republicans have just pulled Cathy Fleming, the incoming president of the National Association of Women Lawyers, from their list of witnesses testifying for Judge Alito.

Why?

Her organization refused to endorse him, saying "lthough Judge Alito's former law clerks and professional associates interviewed by NAWL generally reported that he has had positive and supportive working relationships with women and has appropriately hired women and promoted them to senior positions, Judge Alito's interpretation of statutes affecting women and their families further reflects a narrow reading of the requirements of those statutes to the detriment of women's rights.

http://houseoflabor.tpmcafe.com/story/2006/1/10/92931/9352