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Like any half-decentHollywood thriller, every serious political brawl in Washington needs at least one good villain. It's not nearly as much fun or as easy to score points and hurl invective back and forth without a compelling one-dimensional character at the center of it all. Robert...
That doesn't mean some sort of battle won't be waged, especially now that both sides have two months before Alito's confirmation hearings begin in early January. On the contrary. Far from a stealth candidate like Miers, who only a month ago was being praised by Bush for...
This year's three Supreme Court nominations have given several blawgs--law blogs, that is--a chance to shine. While SCOTUSBLOG offers serious parsing of opinions written by President Bush's latest pick, several less-than-judicious sites focus on more humorous minutiae. THE RIGHT HONORABLE SAMUEL A. ALITO, JR...
Once again, President Bush has offered the United States a Supreme Court nominee whose previous record causes much worry that he will roll back well precedented rights and legal protections. Judge Samuel Alito, appropriately nicknamed “Scalito” by his critics, is a radical conservative and a...
Unlike Harriet Miers, Alito boasts an impeccable résumé. A graduate of Princeton and Yale Law School, Alito spent the early part of his career working in prestigious positions within the Justice Department. Nominated to the federal bench in 1990, he secured unanimous confirmation from the Senate. Since...