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The right justice: Alito isn't just confirmable--he's a great choice.(THE SUPREME COURT)(Samuel A. Alito Jr.)

National Review

| December 05, 2005 | Whelan, Edward | COPYRIGHT 2005 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SUPPORTERS of President Bush's nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court shouldn't get complacent, but the fundamentals are all in place for Alito to be easily confirmed by the Senate on January 20.

For starters, Alito is a spectacularly well-qualified nominee--among the best-qualified ever. In the Reagan administration, he briefed and argued cases before the Supreme Court and then served as a deputy in the Office of Legal Counsel--the office in the Justice Department, previously headed by Rehnquist and Scalia, that advises the White House on difficult questions involving the Constitution and other federal law. His years as a federal ...

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