New Supreme Court nominee - Alito

President Bush this morning nominated Federal Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to fill Justice O'Connor's seat on the Supreme Court. The son of an Italian immigrant, Alito has been a federal judge for 15 years and is considered moderately conservative in judicial temperament. Based on what I know of Alito, I have no problem with this choice. I'm sure we will be deluged with talk from the left that he is an "extremist." Hopefully, their bleating will be completely ignored. Elections have consequences. We lost in 1992 and 1996 and the result was Clinton was in a position to nominate Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Steven Breyer, both of whom can honestly be described as extreme to the left. However, they were confirmed by a large margin of votes because despite their weird ideology they were basically qualified. That's how it works. Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer don't need to be happy they lost the election but they should be aware of the fact.

Michelle Malkin has many links about Alito.
Baseball Crank has a half dozen links as well including his official BIO.