Samuel Alito - FOX News Poll: Alito Seen as Qualified

FOX News Poll: Alito Seen as Qualified
Fox News - Nov 10 10:43 AM
Majorities of Americans think nominee Samuel Alito is qualified to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and expect the Senate will confirm himSave to My Web

Iowa conservatives write presidential hopefuls demanding support for Alito
WIS-TV Columbia - Nov 11 8:03 PM
(Des Moines, Iowa-AP) Nov. 11, 2005 - Iowa conservatives are making it clear: they want Samuel Alito on the Supreme Court, and will oppose any presidential candidate who votes against the nomination.Save to My Web

Dems vet Alito's link to mutual fund
Newsday.com - Nov 10 12:24 AM
WASHINGTON - Highlighting a question of ethics, Senate Democrats yesterday sought details about Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's participation as an appellate judge in a 2002 appeal involving the Vanguard Group mutual funds.Save to My Web

Democrats issue challenge to Alito's nomination
The Charlotte Observer - Nov 10 4:32 AM
Senate Democrats issued their first coordinated challenge to Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, seeking extensive records about his participation in a 2002 appeals case despite a six-figure investment with one of the defendants.In a letter to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the eight Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Alito had promised the Save to My Web

Samuel Alito - Conservatives got what they wanted in Samuel Alito. He's no Harriet Miers--and no Sandra Day O'Connor, either

Conservatives got what they wanted in Samuel Alito. He's no Harriet Miers--and no Sandra Day O'Connor, either
US News & World Report - Nov 05 3:09 PM
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is a Philadelphia Phillies fan with an Ivy League pedigree; a straight-arrow husband and father lauded by friends and colleagues from both sides of the political aisle for his resolute character and first-rate intelligence. But more important--for now, anyway--he's a jurist with a deep, wide, and undeniably conservative legacy from 15 years on the federal bench.Save to My Web

Dems to focus on Alito's role in mutual fund case
San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 10 3:37 AM
Democrats directed new attention Wednesday to the question of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's possible conflicts of interest, sending a letter to his supervising judge in New Jersey requesting documents related to his failure to recuse himself from a...Save to My Web

Dems Eye Alito Role In 2002 Case
CBS 2 New York - Nov 10 7:05 AM
Senate Democrats are pressing for extensive records on the participation of Judge Samuel Alito in an appeals case involving a mutual fund company with which he had a six-figure investment. Eight Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday sent a letter to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saying Alito had promised the panel in 1990 he would "disqualify myself from any cases Save to My Web

ALITO OPPONENTS PLAN TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON SENATORS
KPVI-TV - Nov 10 4:37 PM
CAPITOL HILL (AP) -- A coalition of groups on the left says the gloves are about to come off, when it comes to Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. The president of the liberal Alliance for Justice says that next week, Americans will be offered a different view of his record.Save to My Web

Samuel Alito - Democrats scrutinize Alito in Vanguard case

Democrats scrutinize Alito in Vanguard case
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 09 3:42 PM
Senate Democrats on Wednesday stepped up their scrutiny of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's role in a 2002 case that they say could pose a possible conflict of interest.Save to My Web

Alito 'Respects' Roe V. Wade
CBS News - Nov 08 1:00 PM
Senators said Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito told them he has "great respect" for the court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion but would not commit to upholding it in the future.Save to My Web

Alito voices no threat to Roe, senators say
Seattle Times - Nov 09 12:13 PM
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito expressed reluctance to overturn long-standing precedents such as the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling.Save to My Web

Samuel Alito - Dems to focus on Alito's role in mutual fund case

Dems to focus on Alito's role in mutual fund case
San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 10 3:37 AM
Democrats directed new attention Wednesday to the question of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's possible conflicts of interest, sending a letter to his supervising judge in New Jersey requesting documents related to his failure to recuse himself from a...Save to My Web

DeWine Says He Won't Rush Opinion on Alito Nomination
WKSU Kent State University - Nov 09 1:18 PM
U-S Senator Mike DeWine says he won't rush to support or condemn Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. DeWine is a Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He is up for re-election next year and Democratic Congressman Sherrod Brown plans to run against him. Brown sent DeWine a letter this week expressing concern about Judge Alito's record on worker rights. DeWine says he'll review Alito's 15 Save to My Web

Why Both Sides Dont Quite Get Samuel Alito
Newsweek - Nov 06 12:37 AM
The left fears him. The right loves him. Why both sides don't quite get Samuel Alito.Save to My Web

Samuel Alito - Los Angeles Times: Alito Can t Be Labeled

Los Angeles Times: Alito Can t Be Labeled
NewsMax.com, FL - Nov 7, 2005 Although liberal activists are portraying Judge Samuel Alito as a right-wing extremist In February, Alito wrote an opinion that reopened the case of a black

Briefing Book Casts Alito As Mainstream
ABC News - Nov 5, 2005 WASHINGTON Nov 5, 2005 Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's opinions on abortion Alito's dissent in a 1991 abortion ruling showed "concern for the safety of

Bidden: Alito unlikely to face a filibuster
Stop the ACLU, PA - Nov 6, 2005 Republican-led Senate to vote on US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito without the The committee is set to begin a confirmation hearing on Alito, a federal

Samuel Alito - President Bush Nominates Samuel Alito To The Supreme Court

President Bush Nominates Samuel Alito To The Supreme Court
ABCNEWS.com - PRESIDENT BUSH WILL NOMINATE SAMUEL ALITO TO THE SUPREME COURT This undated photo provided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit shows Judge Samuel A. Alito of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.

Supreme Court to hear terror case
The Detroit Free Press - If Bush nominee Samuel Alito is confirmed, he could be a pivotal figure when the case is argued next spring