Alito comes to bat: executive power front and center in confirmation hearings
Created By: boatsie
Last Modified: 01/08/06
Summary: NYT outing Bush's policy on domestic spying plays major role in shifting focus in Alito hearings. Abortion takes a back seat to executive power issues.Link: Live Coverage: The Online NewsHour: The Samuel Alito Nomination | PBS
Summary: 9 will feature live coverage of Samuel Alito's confirmation hearings, ...and questions over Alito's nomination, then the nominee himself will speak. ...
Link: NPR : Preview of Alito Confirmation Hearings
Summary: I think the more he--nominees only answer such questions if they think need to.To earn confirmation, and it's not very hard for Judge Alito to count to 50, ...
Legislative, Executive, Judicial equality.... in his history he has sided with the executive branch .... alito under pressure to answer questions.... will he be confirmed? Bring on the filibuster!
The Gang of 13 ... who leaked? Why did the NYT publish after holding onto story for one year?
Jetpak: Supreme Court Nominee: Alito
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/e20f531e-3b33-1029-86c1-00304880af2fSummary: As a Reagan administration lawyer in 1985, Samuel Alito made clear his hope that the Supreme Court would one day overturn a landmark ruling that established abortion rights.
Jetpak: Talking Points: Alito's Sherpa:
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/e1fa7480-3b33-1029-86c1-00304880af2fSummary: Why does Princton graduate and Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito need a sherpa?
