The District Chronicles

Issue date: 11/10/05 Section: POLITICS

President Bush has nominated Samuel Alito to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. He currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. As expected, the usual cast of Black radical, liberal, extremist democrats roundly criticized Bush's pick.

According to a press release on their website, Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights said, "America wants a mainstream nominee, not one who will turn back the clock on civil rights progress, worker protections, environmental safeguards, and our health and safety. With the nomination of Alito, all of those rights are now at risk."

The above statement is almost verbatim for every republican nominee to the federal judiciary since Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. What I find interesting is that Mr. Henderson never tells you specifically how Alito will "turn back the clock on civil rights progress." These radical liberals never talk specifics, they just use inflammatory rhetoric to scare Blacks.

According to former head of the Congressional Black Caucus, Elijah Cummings (D-MD), "Senate confirmation of Judge Alito would result in a Supreme Court that is more conservative than is presently the case." The question for the Senate -- and for America -- is this: How much more conservative?"

Implicit in his statement is that conservatism is bad. Most Blacks are against gay marriage, against abortion, for prayer in school, for school vouchers, for tougher penalties for criminals. Isn't this the definition of conservative? Isn't this the culture of Black folks? So, the question becomes, "why are members of the CBC so out of touch with their own community?"

"On a day when America is honoring the legacy of Rosa Parks, it is troubling that President Bush would choose a nominee who could possibly roll back the progress we've made on civil rights and would make the court less reflective of America's diverse population," Amaya Smith, deputy press secretary for the Democratic National Committee, told BlackAmericaWeb.com.

Notice again, that she offers no specifics. How is Alito's nomination making the court "less reflective of America's diverse population?" Radical democrats are so devoid of substance that they must revert to fear mongering to scare their own people. Where is the media to challenge these ridiculous statements?

Alito will most assuredly be confirmed with 55-60 senators voting for his confirmation. So, what are these radical, liberal Black democrats going to do? Move to Africa? They tend to fight every battle that comes up, as opposed to carefully choosing their battles. These are the same people that said little babies would be living on the street as a result of the welfare reform act of 1996. None of their rhetoric turned into reality then, and it will not once Alito is on the court.

These groups have no plan, no agenda, and definitely no vision for the future. They can only use fear to attempt to motivate Blacks to support their non existent agenda. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, it simply means that states will be able to determine individually how they deal with the issue, as opposed to the federal government. The opponents of Alito should abort the extreme rhetoric about his nomination. It is a known fact that Blacks are no longer the primary beneficiary of affirmative action (it is middle class white women), so maybe these Black folks should affirm the actions of our fore fathers and depend more on ourselves and our skills to get through the doors of opportunity. Maybe these Blacks should be more civil about the rights of Alito to have a fair hearing without having his record distorted.

Having these extreme, radical, liberal continue to use fear to dominate our community is a supreme shame.

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