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The Economist on the Alito Hearings
January 14, 2006 – 12:54 pm
TED KENNEDY is deeply troubled by the ethics of the Supreme Court nominee. Between 2001 and 2006, Samuel Alito, who is currently an appeals court judge, accepted $7,684,423 in “donations” from special interests who perhaps wanted the law tweaked in their favour. That included $28,000 from defence contractors, $42,200 from drug firms and a whopping [...]
Alito Hearings and Ted Kennedy
January 11, 2006 – 11:52 pm
A Supreme Court nomination requires a thorough look at the nominee, so there should be no rush to confirm. Also, there’s been plenty of political posturing on both sides of the aisle. I can’t count the number of times Republican senators have lobbed softball questions at Alito, to the effect of “Isn’t it [...]
Sink or Swim?
November 15, 2005 – 7:29 pm
I see CNN.com reports that Senator Dianne Feinstein met with Samuel Alito to discuss his judicial philosophy:
Feinstein said she believed Alito was sincere.
She said they discussed Row v. Wade, the landmark case that legalized abortion . . .
Yeah, Row versus Wade. A couple of times I’ve actually had to make that decision in a [...]