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It's official.(The Week)(Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito)(Brief Article)
* It's official. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is a conservative. Or, to be perfectly precise, he was a conservative when, in 1985, he completed an application for a promotion in the Reagan Justice Department. In that document, Alito wrote that he believed in "limited government, federalism, free enterprise, the supremacy of the elected branches of government, the need for a strong defense and effective law enforcement, and the legitimacy of a government role in protecting traditional values." Sounds good to us. Alito also wrote that he was proud of his work on cases "in which the government has argued in the Supreme Court that racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion." Sounds good, too. ...
- Alito confirmation would be milestone for Supreme Court.(Samuel Alito Jr.)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Ramirez, Margaret Brachear, Manya A. November 6, 2005 700+ words
...Brachear CHICAGO _ If Samuel Alito Jr. is elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court, he would become the...nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity...Religion on Trial: How Supreme Court Trends Threaten Freedom...
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- Magazine article from: National Review Hinderaker, John H. Johnson, Scott W. November 21, 2005 700+ words
...Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, it appeared to many...Third Circuit judge Samuel Alito Jr. Alito's nomination...precedents laid down by the Supreme Court. A good example is...ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court); Judge Alito dissented...
- US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo...
- Picture from: Getty Images MANDEL NGAN September 29, 2009 700+ words
...Images 09-29-2009 US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo...Size JPG (1890 KB) US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo...September 29, 2009 at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC. AFP...
- The next justice.(THE SUPREME COURT)(Samuel Alito)
- Magazine article from: National Review November 21, 2005 700+ words
In one respect, Samuel Alito is a more reassuring nominee even than John Roberts was. Alito...court itself turned out to be. Changing its mind has been this Supreme Court's prerogative, but lower courts are supposed to stay faithful...
- Right On.(nomination of Samuel Alito for Supreme Court justice)
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Halloran, Liz November 14, 2005 700+ words
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is a Philadelphia Phillies fan...attempted to anticipate whether the Supreme Court would view such a rule as an...the high court, has deferred to Supreme Court precedent, including a 2000 challenge...
- ACLJ: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Will Serve the Nation with Honor and...
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 31, 2006 700+ words
...said today the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is an important victory for the nation...as Justice Alito begins his work on the Supreme Court." The American Center for Law and Justice...
- 'Dangerously Radical'.(attacks against Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito for...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Leo, John November 14, 2005 700+ words
...feminist left is outraged that judge Samuel Alito voted in 1991 to uphold a Pennsylvania...and by O'Connor herself in the Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision striking down...attempting to follow what O'Connor and the Supreme Court had laid down. He was not trying to...
- The story--broken by the Washington Times--that Supreme Court nominee Samuel...
- Magazine article from: National Review December 5, 2005 700+ words
The story--broken by the Washington Times that Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito wrote, in 1985, that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion" set off a furor among the usual suspects in...