Alito and the Supreme Court.

It is very important news that the ABA has declared that Samuel Alito is competent.

Why? Because now there is no reason on earth for pompous, pretentious senators to ask him any questions whatsoever during his confirmation hearings. The President of the United States nominated him. As the Constitution states, once a president makes a nomination, senators need to agree with him. That is well known.

The ONLY issue is "competence." Ideology and the real-world results of the judge's likely decisions are out-of-bounds, and only ignorant partisans would claim otherwise.

After all, the real issue is not whether this judge is likely to make decisions that will significantly limit the rights of American citizens to their bodies, or whether this judge will dangerously concentrate power in the Executive branch to the detriment of the Constitution and traditional American democracy.

No. The only issue is whether or not he will restrict individual rights competently.

Why can't Democratic partisans understand this simple truth?