WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) took to the floor
of the U.S. Senate today to announce her opposition to the confirmation
of Judge Samuel Alito to be the next U.S. Supreme Court Associate
Justice. Senator Mikulski, Dean of the Senate Women, is the first
Democratic woman to announce her opposition on the floor.
“Every vote for a Supreme Court Justice is momentous with lasting
effects for decades, but this vote to replace Justice O’Connor simply
could not be more important,” said Senator Mikulski. “I look at the
seat Judge Alito has been nominated to replace. It is a seat of
moderation. Justice O’Connor represented mainstream America. She
understood her decisions impacted real people and their lives.”
“Judge Alito has stated he looks at the facts of each case, yet time and
time again his decisions show support for big business, for the
executive branch, but not so much for everyday Americans,” continued
Senator Mikulski. “A Justice of the Supreme Court must be able to see
through the abstractions and understand the role of the law in the lives
of all Americans, not just the powerful and influential. A Justice must
make the marble motto over the Supreme Court ‘Equal Justice Under the
Law’ a reality for all Americans.”
To hear and/or broadcast Senator Mikulski’s floor statement from today,
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