Alito resolution prefiled for Legislature

Looks like the SD Senate will get a chance to officially have its voice on record one way or another regarding the Alito nomination.

State Sen. Lee Schoenbeck wants his colleagues to adopt a resolution supporting the nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Watertown Republican is prime sponsor of a state Senate resolution of support for Alito, whose confirmation hearings are scheduled to begin in January in the U.S. Senate. Schoenbeck’s resolution was prefiled for the 2006 Legislature, which begins Jan. 10, and is co-sponsored by 24 other Republican state senators.

Why not?! Go ahead and put ’em all on record on what they think about defending judicial originalism. The attitude involved here has relevance to state issues as well as federal ones.