Alito as Assistant Solicitor General argued that it was acceptable for police officers to shoot in the back an unarmed 15-year-old boy fleeing the scene of a burglary; not only the Supreme Court but also every police group that acted as friends of the court in the case rejected Alito's argument.
2. Alito has opposed Fourth Amendment restraints on abuse of power.
Alito upheld the strip search of a mother and her ten-year-old daughter, unnamed in a search warrant; Michael Chertoff, then judge, now head of the Department of Homeland Security, warned that would turn the Constitution's search warrant requirement into little more than a "rubber stamp."
Alito in the Solicitor General's office argued that Cabinet officials are entitled to immunity from legal liability for authorizing illegal wiretaps of Americans in America; the Supreme Court rejected his argument.
And the Number One reason to reject Samuel A. Alito for the Supreme Court:
1. Alito on the Supreme Court would effectively hand George W. Bush -- and each of his successors as president, from either or any party -- virtually unrestrained power.
And what could be more "extraordinary circumstances" -- worthy of filibuster -- than that?
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