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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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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.
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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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.
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.
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.
David Stout / New York Times:
Democrats Press Alito for Specifics on Abortion — WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 - Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court, sat through another day of high praise from Republicans and sharp skepticism from Democrats today as he cautiously laid out his judicial philosophy …
dartblog.com:
CAN I GET A BIG, GIGANTIC, SOUL-CRUSHING "OY"? — Senator Ted Kennedy just made the evening news. Per usual, he spoke more than Judge Alito himself. 'Twas a sermon writ on awfully shaky ground. He focused on two issues, his line of questioning in both sustainable only if he absolutely …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:A Day of Q's and A's — and a Few Z's
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Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:Alito 'The Untouchable' — Judge Samuel Alito certainly gave …
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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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 …
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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.
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Washington Post:
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court — The transcript picks up with the testimony of Sen. Lindsey Graham. To return to Part II, click here. — GRAHAM: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. — Judge Alito, maybe we could continue with the Vanguard issue just for a moment.
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.
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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