The Congressional Black Caucus announced it opposes Alito

[kpete]

Congressional Black Caucus Calls Alito Hostile to Civil Rights
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Congressional Black Caucus announced it opposes U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. and sought a meeting with 14 senators who pledged to oppose filibusters of judicial candidates except under ``extraordinary circumstances.''

The 42 black members of the House of Representatives said Alito exhibited hostility to race-discrimination cases during his 15 years as a federal appeals court judge and his prior service as a Justice Department lawyer. The group's vote was unanimous.

Leaders of the caucus said Alito, insisted in discrimination cases on a higher standard of proof than is required by case law and legal precedent.

``We believe his hostility to discrimination cases has been systematic and unmovable'' and his Senate confirmation to be a justice would be ``nothing short of a dangerous turning point for the Supreme Court,'' Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia's non-voting delegate, told reporters in Washington.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aWVufCfgydOY&refer=top_world_news

[radio4progressives]

1. Good News! They're on Record now..

it's going to be really hard for the rwingers to put advance the notion they have the best interest of POC in up coming elections with this stand.

[queenbdem87]

2. big surprise!!

i expected as much