President Bush has nominated Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court
In the wake of Harriet Miers' withdrawal from consideration to replace Sandra Day O'Connor as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, President George W. Bush has nominated Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Alito served in the U.S. Department of Justice in the Reagan administration and as the U.S. Attorney for the New Jersey. He was appointed to the Third Circuit in 1990 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. Nicknamed "Scalito," or "little Scalia," by some lawyers, the federal appeals court judge is a frequent dissenter with a reputation for having one of the sharpest conservative minds in the country.
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Editor's Note: For three examples of opinions written by Judge Alito on school law questions, see past Legal Clips
items, below. According to Bloomberg.com, key Senate Democrats have indicated that they will wage a "wide-ranging political battle" over the nomination because of what they view as the threat to decades of progress on individual rights. The warning comes in the same week that the Senate has approved, by voice vote only, a hurricane relief package providing millions of dollars to reimburse tuition at private schools that are not required serve all children.]
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