Archive: November 20, 2005 - November 26, 2005
From Alito's Past, a Window on Conservatives at Princeton - New York Times
David D. Kirkpatrick...
By Fred Barbash | November 26, 2005; 6:43 PM ET | Comments (1)
New Chief Justice Faces Abortion Issue-Washington Post
By Charles Lane: "The first major abortion case since Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joined the court last month comes before the justices next week, and even though it could be anticlimactic in the end, both sides in the debate view it as a warm-up for even more consequential cases ahead."...
By Fred Barbash | November 26, 2005; 7:55 AM ET | Comments (1)
Alito, Then and Now--The Weekly Standard
Terry Eastland: " Is it too obvious to state that conservatives will be annoyed if Alito says that he is no longer a conservative or proud to have worked for Reagan at Justice? "...
By Fred Barbash | November 25, 2005; 5:58 PM ET | Email a Comment
Alito Dissent Draws Scrutiny - Los Angeles Times
By David G. Savage: "Even the lawyer who sued the police officers who conducted the drug raid said it was unfair to accuse Alito of endorsing the strip-search of a child."...
By Fred Barbash | November 25, 2005; 11:44 AM ET | Email a Comment
Hearings for Alito likely to be tough-Philadelphia Inquirer
Hearings for Alito likely to be tough....
By Fred Barbash | November 25, 2005; 8:01 AM ET | Email a Comment
Alito critics focus on 10 appellate opinions-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Alito critics focus on 10 appellate opinions: By Michael McGough "As the U.S. Senate prepares for Judge Alito's confirmation hearings in January, his critics have produced an unofficial top-10 list of decisions that they believe bear out their characterization of him."...
By Fred Barbash | November 25, 2005; 7:54 AM ET | Email a Comment
Alito Debate Turns to Rulings on Religion--AP
Alito Debate Turns to Rulings on Religion...
By Fred Barbash | November 25, 2005; 7:51 AM ET | Email a Comment
Alito's and One Man, One Vote--The Washington Post
Alito's Stance on One Man, One Vote Is Debated: By Jo Becker. "The controversy over Alito's beliefs -- in the past and now -- illuminates one of the strange rituals of the modern confirmation process. Supporters usually say nominees should not comment on their views, except at official public hearings -- and often not even then. When it suits the purposes of one side or the other, however, conversations at the ostensibly private courtesy calls nominees pay on senators often are widely publicized, through authorized leaks or secondhand accounts from aides and political operatives."...
By Fred Barbash | November 25, 2005; 7:48 AM ET | Comments (1)
O'Connor Fires Back on Judicial Independence-Legal Times
Justice O'Connor quoted by Tony Mauro: "We have the power to make the president or Congress really, really angry," O'Connor told the lawyers. "In fact, if we do not make them mad some of the time, we probably aren't doing our jobs. Our effectiveness, therefore, relies on the knowledge that we won't be subject to retaliation for our acts."...
By Fred Barbash | November 24, 2005; 8:27 AM ET | Comments (3)
Alito Dissent in Ad Flap
Los Angeles Times...
By Fred Barbash | November 24, 2005; 7:34 AM ET | Email a Comment
The masking of a conservative - The Boston Globe
Derrick Z. Jackson writes: "A nominee so willing to prostrate himself to an administration that left virtually nothing to be proud of on civil rights is a solid warning that if Alito gets on the court, he will have no shame exhuming the ideology he claims has been buried."...
By Fred Barbash | November 23, 2005; 7:14 AM ET | Comments (1)
Alito and Districting - New York Times
White House Says Alito Was Assuring on Districting : "'Judge Alito believes and has told senators that he believes 'one man one vote' is bedrock principle,' Steve Schmidt, a White House spokesman, said Tuesday."...
By Fred Barbash | November 23, 2005; 7:00 AM ET | Email a Comment
Sen. Leahy to Alito: Where is it?
Ranking Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat Patrick Leahy has written Judge Alito asking him to finish up and return the questionnaire sent to him by the committee "without further delay." Click here to see the letter. In it, Leahy hints that it might be difficult to begin the hearings as scheduled on Jan. 9....
By Fred Barbash | November 22, 2005; 6:01 PM ET | Comments (9)
God Help Him - Alito gets religion--in Slate.
By Emily Bazelon: "Sam Alito, Champion of the Religiously Downtrodden—it has a certain ring. Alas, it also largely falls apart upon closer examination."...
By Fred Barbash | November 22, 2005; 5:23 PM ET | Email a Comment
Fox News Won't Show Ad Opposing Alito
AP reportsFox News is refusing to air an ad critical of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, citing its lawyers' contention that the spot is factually incorrect. A spokesman for the groups sponsoring the ad said the network's decision reflects the political right's effort to shield President Bush's choice for the high court.Click here to see the ad....
By Fred Barbash | November 22, 2005; 5:14 PM ET | Email a Comment
Clerks Tour for Alito
The Magic City Morning Star reports that some of Judge Alito's former clerks are touring the state in support of his confirmation....
By Fred Barbash | November 21, 2005; 7:27 PM ET | Comments (1)
A Novak Column on Alito
Counterattacking for Alito: and a critique of the Novak Column from Think Progress...
By Fred Barbash | November 21, 2005; 12:08 PM ET | Comments (4)
Alito and His Critics: Stuart Taylor
In the National Journal: "If Alito is outside the mainstream on abortion, then so are the very large percentage of constitutional scholars -- including many pro-choice liberals "...
By Fred Barbash | November 21, 2005; 11:49 AM ET | Comments (3)
Alito: A fight with a twist-Time
Gift Package for Alito Opponents...
By Fred Barbash | November 21, 2005; 11:18 AM ET | Email a Comment
Jewish Group Votes to Oppose Alito
Concern over ideological balance....
By Fred Barbash | November 21, 2005; 3:47 AM ET | Comments (1)
Catholics, Evangelicals and the Court-The Christian Century
The First Ever Catholic Majority...
By Fred Barbash | November 21, 2005; 3:44 AM ET | Comments (9)
Alito: Family, Law and the Phillies-CS Monitor
The forces that molded Judge Alito...
By Fred Barbash | November 21, 2005; 3:40 AM ET | Email a Comment
Alito and Federalism: Washington Post editorial
Judge Alito on the States...
By Fred Barbash | November 21, 2005; 3:35 AM ET | Email a Comment
Alito and Religion Cases - New York Times
Alito Often Ruled for Religious Expression...
By Fred Barbash | November 21, 2005; 3:29 AM ET | Email a Comment
Alito has "explaining do to"-Biden
(AP) The views that Samuel Alito expressed on reapportionment in a 20-year-old document could jeopardize his Supreme Court nomination and provoke a filibuster, a leading Democratic senator said Sunday. "I think he's got a lot of explaining to do, and depending on how he does, I think will determine whether or not he has a problem or not," said Sen. Joseph Biden, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which plans confirmation hearings in early January. In 1985, Alito was applying to become deputy assistant attorney general in the Reagan administration. In the document, he boasted that while working as an assistant to the solicitor general, he helped "to advance legal positions in which I personally believe very strongly." Drawing the most attention from Alito's critics today is his comment on abortion....
By Fred Barbash | November 20, 2005; 1:23 PM ET | Email a Comment
Alito: Authentically Unhip
Daphne Merkin in NYT Magazine: ".....The recent ascension of this quiescent type in the form of Patrick Fitzgerald, John Roberts and Sam Alito has demonstrated that being grown-up and resolutely square has its advantages, including the ability to keep your randier impulses in check and your repression control set to high"...
By Fred Barbash | November 20, 2005; 8:09 AM ET | Email a Comment
Alito and the Death Penalty: LA Times
Alito and the Death Penalty...
By Fred Barbash | November 20, 2005; 8:03 AM ET | Email a Comment
Alito and Feminists: SF Chronicle
Alito's record has feminists ready for battle...
By Fred Barbash | November 20, 2005; 8:01 AM ET | Email a Comment
Why Justices Change, Or Not
Lee Epstein and Jeffrey Segal, Washington Post Outlook Section...
By Fred Barbash | November 20, 2005; 7:16 AM ET | Email a Comment
