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Drudge Report:
ALITO WIFE LEAVES HEARING IN TEARS AFTER DEM ATTACK — Judge Samuel A. Alito's wife Martha left the confirmation hearing room in tears this evening, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) apologized to the Judge's family for the behavior of his fellow committee members during the course of the last three days.
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Judd / Think Progress:
BREAKING: Specter Stonewalls on Concerned Alumni of Princeton Docs — Just now, Sen. Kennedy requested that Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter issue a subpoena to the Library of Congress for documents related to the right-wing group Concerned Alumni of Princeton, of which Alito was a member.
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Alito Faces Familiar Issues in Hearing — WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito was aggressively questioned Wednesday by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee who accused him of inconsistencies on issues ranging from voting rights to ethics to his membership in a conservative organization.
Fred Barbash / Campaign for the Supreme Court:
Kennedy and Specter Have Words — Things really got ugly — really ugly — between Sens. Kennedy and Specter. — Kennedy (D-Mass.) asked further hostile questions on CAP — the Princeton University concerned alumni organization that, among other things, opposed co-education at the university.
Stephen R. Dujack / Los Angeles Times:
The Alito testimony you won't hear — IN 21ST CENTURY Washington, fame doesn't last for 15 minutes anymore. It lasts for a single news cycle. There is the big press release. The next morning the major newspapers spell your name right. But by noon the Drudge Report runs a shotgun blast …
National Review:
Don't Rush to Judgment — At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court this morning, Senator Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.) asked Judge Alito (again) about his involvement with a group called the Concerned Alumni of Princeton.
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
But Enough About You, Judge; Let's Hear What I Have to Say — WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 - The Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. were supposed to be about the judge, but on Tuesday it sometimes seemed as though somebody forgot to tell the senators on the Judiciary Committee.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Senate Blogger Forum: Kennedy (McCarthy) Redux — I'm not going to live-blog the bloviations from Ted Kennedy in great detail, but I have to add something about Kennedy's pulling out sentences from magazines and newspapers and demanding to know if Alito had ever read them.
Michelle Malkin:ALITO WATCH: BIGGEST SENATE WINDBAG
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:A Day of Q's and A's — and a Few Z's
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Pew Research Center:
Americans Taking Abramoff, Alito and Domestic Spying in Stride — Democrats Hold Huge Issue Advantage — Summary of Findings — The public has been hardly stirred by the flurry of major Washington news in the early days of 2006. Jack Abramoff's admission that he bribed members …
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Open to Hearings on Domestic Spying — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - President Bush said Wednesday that congressional hearings to investigate his domestic eavesdropping program will be good for democracy as long as they don't give secrets away to the enemy. — Bush was initially opposed to having …
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Associated Press:
Israel pulls plug on Pat Robertson deal — Officials angry over evangelical leader's comments about Sharon's stroke — JERUSALEM - Israel won't do business with Pat Robertson after the evangelical leader suggested Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's massive stroke was divine punishment …
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White House:
President Participates in Discussion on the Global War on Terror — Kentucky International Convention Center — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please sit down. I think I will. (Laughter.) I'm glad to be here. Thanks for having me. What I thought I'd do is maybe make some opening comments and answer any questions you got.
Washington Post:
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court — The transcript picks up with Sen. Kennedy's testimony. To return to Part I, click here. — Senator Kennedy? — KENNEDY: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Henry Weinstein / Los Angeles Times:
1st Suit in State to Attack 'Intelligent Design' Filed — A group of parents in the small Tehachapi mountain community of Lebec on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit challenging the teaching of "intelligent design" in a California public school. — The suit targets what appears …
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John O'Neil / New York Times:
Leading Shiite Says He Will Oppose Changes to Iraqi Charter — The leader of Iraq's most powerful party indicated today that his group would block substantive changes to the country's new constitution, despite a promise to Sunnis to consider amendments. — Last summer, as Sunni Arabs …
