Re: On Samuel Alito
Here are transcripts of Senator Kennedy and Judge Alito, and then Senator Kennedy with Arlen Specter and the argument that they have. This is Kennedy. <br /><br /><br />KENNEDY: The last question is: How long, then -- when you made the promise under oath to the committee that you were going to recuse yourself, and you understand that now to be in your own interpretation just to be the initial time, how long -- did you think that that pledge and promise lasted? <br /><br />ALITO: Senator -- <br /><br />KENNEDY: That's my question. <br /><br />ALITO: And Senator, as I said, I can't tell you 15 years later exactly what I -- what I thought when I read that question. It refers to the initial period of service. And looking at it now, it doesn't seem to me that 12 years later is the initial period of service. <br /><br />KENNEDY: My question to you, which I guess I'm not going to get an answer to, is when did it -- is ten years, is -- how about three years? Is that -- <br /><br />ALITO: Well, I don't know exactly what the time limitation would be, but 12 years does seem to me not to be the initial period. <br /><br />KENNEDY: We'll come back to this. <br /><br /><br />KENNEDY: "The physically handicapped are trying to gain equal representation in professional sports, and homosexuals are demanding the government vouchsafe them the right to bear children." Did you read that article? <br /><br />FEINSTIEN: Finish the last line. <br /><br />KENNEDY: Finish the last line -- is, "and homosexuals are..." <br /> <br /> <br />FEINSTIEN: No, "and now here come women." <br /><br />KENNEDY: If the senator will let me just... <br /><br />FEINSTIEN: Yes, I will... (LAUGHTER) <br /><br />KENNEDY: Can I get two more minutes from my friend from... (LAUGHTER) Just to continue along. I apologize, Judge. <br /><br /><br />SPECTER: Quite candidly, I view the request... If it's really a matter of importance, you and I see each other all the time and you have never mentioned it to me, and I do not ascribe a great deal of weight. We actually didn't get a letter, but -- <br /><br />KENNEDY: You did get a letter, are you saying? <br /><br />SPECTER: Well, now wait a minute. You don't know what I got. I'm about to -- <br /><br />KENNEDY: Yes I do, senator, since I sent it. <br /><br />SPECTER: Well, the sender does not necessarily know what the recipient gets, Senator Kennedy. You are not in a position to say what I receive. <br /><br />KENNEDY: Heh-heh-heh. <br /><br />SPECTER: If you'll bear with me for one minute -- <br /><br />KENNEDY: But, uh, uh, I am in a position to say what I sent to you on December 22. <br /><br />SPECTER: You're in a position to tell me what you sent. <br /><br />KENNEDY: I renew my request, senator, and if I'm going to be denied, then I'd appeal the decision of the chair. <br /><br />SPECTER: Don't be premature, Senator Kennedy. I'm not about to make a ruling on this state of the record. <br /><br />KENNEDY: Mr. Chairman, I'd, uh, appeal the ruling of the chair on this. <br /><br />SPECTER: There has been no ruling of the chair! <br /><br /><br />SPECTER: Quite candidly, I view the request... If it's really a matter of importance, you and I see each other all the time and you have never mentioned it to me, and I do not ascribe a great deal of weight. We actually didn't get a letter, but -- <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />KENNEDY: You did get a letter, are you saying? <br /><br />SPECTER: Well, now wait a minute. You don't know what I got. I'm about to -- <br /><br />KENNEDY: Yes I do, senator, since I sent it. <br /><br />SPECTER: Well, the sender does not necessarily know what the recipient gets, Senator Kennedy. You are not in a position to say what I receive. <br /><br />KENNEDY: Heh-heh-heh. <br /><br />SPECTER: If you'll bear with me for one minute -- <br /><br />KENNEDY: But, uh, uh, I am in a position to say what I sent to you on December 22. <br /><br />SPECTER: You're in a position to tell me what you sent. <br /><br />KENNEDY: I renew my request, senator, and if I'm going to be denied, then I'd appeal the decision of the chair. <br /><br />SPECTER: Don't be premature, Senator Kennedy. I'm not about to make a ruling on this state of the record. <br /><br />KENNEDY: Mr. Chairman, I'd, uh, appeal the ruling of the chair on this. <br /><br />SPECTER: There has been no ruling of the chair! <br /><br />KENNEDY: My request is that we go into the executive session for the sole purpose of voting on a subpoena for these records that are held over at the, uh, Library of Congress. That purpose and that purpose only. If I'm going to be denied that, I'd want to give notice to the chair that you're going to hear -- have it again and again and again and again and we're going to hear votes on this committee and again and again and again until we have a -- <br /><br />SPECTER: Well, Senator Kennedy I'm not concerned about your threats to have votes again, again, and again, and I'm the chairman of this committee, and I have heard your request, and I will consider it, and I'm not going to have you run this committee and decide when we're going to go into executive session. 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.... After 32 years, I can't believe that this is still an issue....Though it is not the law of the land, (technically), it should be.....& shame on the lawmakers for not doing anything sooner about it....It should be an amendment to the constitution.....JK
