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WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court is the highest court in the land and a place where the rights and interests of regular, hard-working Americans are protected; and
WHEREAS, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a moderate judge who has cast votes again and again to protect our basic freedoms, is stepping down after years of admirable and praiseworthy service; and
WHEREAS, Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito in his rulings, has not supported these basic freedoms, and will shift the court dramatically to the right for decades to come; and
WHEREAS, Judge Alito's positions are dangerous to every part of American society, his views indicate he will move civil rights backwards, roll back privacy protections, make life easier for polluters, and give a free pass to people who discriminate; and
WHEREAS, Judge Alito even questioned the one-man one-vote principle years after it was universally accepted; and
WHEREAS, the one man, one vote principle ensures that every American is equally represented at the polling place; and
WHEREAS, Judge Alito is not the common sense, mainstream choice America deserves;
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does object to the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court and encourages Senator Arlen Specter and Senator Rick Santorum to vote against this nomination.