Some people are hoping that future Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will help overturn Roe vs. Wade. Do not count on it. However, Alito is going to have an important say over other important issues.

In the area of affirmative action, I see it on the decline, as a result of his future appointment. The issue has been criticized for giving minorities preferential treatment over the majority. While, most people clearly do not understand all of the circumstances and the applications of it; many assume that college or university are taking seats from Caucasians. Maybe, it is not well known that grades are not the only criterion that the institution must consider when reviewing applications. Nevertheless, I believe Alito will carefully craft his opinions to further restrict, if not eliminate affirmative action as we know it. Yet the education gaps in schools do not appear to be on the mend. If your parents have money and attended college or own their own business, you have a better chance as a child. On the other hand, if your parents lack the education skills and you attend an inferior school, you could succeed! Unfortunately, this is not story that all will tell. My challenge to Samuel Alito is quite simple: If affirmative action is not needed, then the parents of those who strongly oppose it, should send their child to the worst, most populated school in the state. You are saying everyone gets an equal education and opportunity!

Also, Judge Alito will probably be a strong advocate siding with the government in several key areas. I think where the government has business interests in a property, the homeowner will become a victim of imminent domain. The United States could continue to restrict certain First Amendment Rights for the sake of protecting against terrorism. I cannot see Alito standing in the way of an executive order involving National Security, even if the majority of the American people disagree with his decision. In my eyes, Samuel Alito will not change his ideology one bit, as a result of him being confirmed in the future as a Supreme Court Justice.

Alito's future appoint will affect the Court in two major areas. One, minority rights should be worried about when Alito becomes the ninth member of the Supreme Court. The power of the government and the executive will grow stronger with Alito behind the bench. He is more concerned with government rights than those of the individual.

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