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After a Career of Quiet Focus, Alito Is Leaving the Background — WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 - One weekend in 1986, two young lawyers working for Samuel A. Alito Jr., then a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department, faced a looming deadline for a legal analysis and realized they would have to work all night to get it done.
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Alito Leans Right Where O'Connor Swung Left — In 1991, Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. voted to uphold a Pennsylvania statute that would have required at least some married women to notify their husbands before getting an abortion; a year later, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor cast a decisive fifth vote at the Supreme Court to strike it down.
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Both parties prepared for 'Armageddon' fight — Senate Democrats and Republicans — along with interest groups both for and against Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s Supreme Court nomination — fell into formation yesterday to begin the battle they've been expecting for more than a decade.
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Ann Althouse / New York Times:
Separated at the Bench — NO sooner did we learn that President Bush had chosen Samuel Alito to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court than commentators began blurting: "Scalito!" Judge Alito, a man of stellar credentials and 15 years on the federal bench …
Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Specter goes to bat for high court nominee — Judiciary Committee chairman sends strong signals that he'll help Alito — WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., sent strong signals Monday that he would use all his clout to help federal appeals court …
New York Times:
Another Lost Opportunity — The nomination of Samuel Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court raises a lot of questions about the judge's attitudes toward federalism, privacy and civil rights. But it has already answered one big question about President Bush. Anyone wondering whether …
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:Abortion Case May Be Central in Confirmation
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LAW.com:Judicial Experience, Conservative Credentials Seen as Factors in Alito Nomination
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:Conservatives Scrambling to Prepare for a Tough Fight
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Washington Post:
Trial Could Pit Libby's Interests Against Bush's — Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, is expected to plead not guilty to charges that he lied and obstructed justice in the CIA leak probe when he is arraigned Thursday, setting the stage for a possible courtroom fight …
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Michelle Malkin:
UNHINGED: THE MUGSHOT COLLECTION — Today's the official launch date for my new book, Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild: — I had fun with this one (wait 'til you see the back cover) and think you'll enjoy it—or, if you're on the other side of the aisle, you'll enjoy hating it.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
What the 'Shield' Covered Up — Has anyone noticed that the coverup worked? — In his impressive presentation of the indictment of Lewis "Scooter" Libby last week, Patrick Fitzgerald expressed the wish that witnesses had testified when subpoenas were issued in August 2004, and …
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shadowtv.com:
ShadowTV Viewer — . it begins. Wastey wait for that, more o n the nomination of samuel alito is chris matthews. Of course, conservatives extremely happy. >> Right. >> Let's cut to the chase. Do you think we'll see a filibuster? >> I don't know.
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Gateway Pundit:
Before Novak, The Joe Wilson Speech that Made Clear His Agenda — ** The June 2003 Joe Wilson Speech You Are Not Supposed to Hear! ONE MONTH BEFORE ROBERT NOVAK WROTE HIS COLUMN, AMBASSADOR JOSEPH WILSON LAID OUT HIS AGENDA AGAINST THE US ADMINISTRATION AND ISRAEL AT THE LEFTIST 2003 IRAQ FORUM CONFERENCE,
npr.org:
Notable Rulings from Alito — · For the past 15 years, Samuel Alito has been a consistent conservative jurist on the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a court with a reputation for being among the nation's most liberal. — Alito, 55, brings a hefty legal resume that belies his age.
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Cass Sunstein / Washington Post:
On the Contrary — As an appeals court judge, Samuel Alito has compiled a massive record that includes more than 240 opinions. Of these, the most illuminating may well be his 41 dissents — opinions that he has written by himself, rejecting the views of his colleagues.
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Labor Dept. Is Rebuked Over Pact With Wal-Mart — The Labor Department's inspector general strongly criticized department officials yesterday for "serious breakdowns" in procedures involving an agreement promising Wal-Mart Stores 15 days' notice before labor investigators would inspect its stores for child labor violations.
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Guantanamo Desperation Seen in Suicide Attempts — Jumah Dossari had to visit the restroom, so the detainee made a quick joke with his American lawyer before military police guards escorted him to a nearby cell with a toilet. The U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba …
Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press:
Bush Outlines $7.1B Flu-Fighting Strategy — WASHINGTON - President Bush outlined a $7.1 billion strategy Tuesday to prepare for the danger of a pandemic influenza outbreak, saying he wanted to stockpile enough vaccine to protect 20 million Americans against the current strain of bird flu as a first wave of protection.
