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...photo showed Luke, son of “Meet the Press” host Tim Russert, with a bevy of bikini-clad girls. Following Gawker’s publication of the photo, his profile picture quickly changed. He now boasts a more modest picture of himself with a friend.Samuel Alito??s son, Philip, was ahead of the online media, however, when he chose to remove his Facebook profile following his father’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The use of social networking websites in online media is hardly restricted to the sons and daughters of celebrities...
...Senate Judiciary Committee’s vetting of Samuel A. Alito Jr. left many key questions about the newest Supreme Court member’s judicial philosophy unanswered—and it left one key question about Alito??s new position unasked: do we even need a ninth justice...
...current climate, 5-4 decisions establish binding precedents—precedents that may then be reversed if one swing justice leaves the bench. For example, Alito??s ascension to the spot formerly held by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor could conceivably lead to the reversal of 5-4 precedents on affirmative action, campaign finance laws, and partial birth abortion. With eight members, the court would need a two-vote margin to establish a new precedent or overrule an existing one. By lowering the likelihood that one new justice would cause the court to reverse its precedents...
...social forum for male students at a school that had not yet fully integrated. The Owl’s presence in the fifties did not connote the same white, male-centered elitism that CAP advocated. To insinuate that Kennedy’s membership in the Owl somehow equates to Alito??s advocacy of CAP is partisan politics at its worst. While it’s true that Kennedy is at fault for continuing his association with a social organization that promotes an outdated notion of white, male elitism on campus, his legislative record demonstrates his true commitments...
Fried addressed Alito??s application to serve in the solicitor general’s office, which lists a number of conservative affiliations that have riled Democrats. Fried said that “in 1985, [Alito] wanted a job in the administration, and at that point he took on a different role and he spoke in a different tone of voice...