Category: Samuel Alito

I’m just wondering who convinced John Kerry that heading up a lost-cause filibuster against Alito would make him look Presidential. I suppose the real scenario was Kate Michelman telling him that was the way...

Milling around during a break in the hearings on Wednesday, just after Mrs. Alito left in tears I took a few pictures on Wednesday when I had the opportunity to sit in on the...

Ian at the Political Teen has the video of Mrs. Alito’s tears today. It will break your heart to watch her try to hold tears back as Senator Graham talks about the ordeal their...

Jim Goneia and Susan Sullivan met while clerking for Judge Alito in 1990-91. They are now married, with two children. Their 9-year-old son says, “I like Judge Alito. If it weren’t for him, I...

Over the course of a 15-year career on the bench, Judge Alito now has a group of 54 former clerks. Remarkably, this group has come out unanimously supporting the judge. I’m on Capitol Hill...

Here’s what three of the Democratic Senators on the Judiciary Committee had to say today about Judge Alito’s performance during the hearings. . . Senator Leahy: You strike me as a very cautious and...

On Fox News Sunday, Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware) reupped the political swagger, threatening an Alito filibuster. I still say the political math holds: they don’t have the numbers. (Tip: Drudge.)

Quick question: Who wanted Judge Janice Rogers Brown on the Supreme Court? And who was it who blocked her? Let’s refresh our memory. Supporters of this highly qualified woman-who-happens-to-be-black were conservatives. Opponents were liberal...

Samuel Alito Looking for Alito’s opinion on, well, just about anything? It’s all right here. And I do mean “all.” The University of Michigan has been compiling Alito’s opinions and it’s a full page...