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Think Progress:
Samuel Alito's America  —  CNN reports that "President Bush will nominate 3rd Circuit Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito for the U.S. Supreme Court."  Who is Samuel Alito?  ThinkProgress has the facts:  —  ALITO WOULD OVERTURN ROE V. WADE: In his dissenting opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey …
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CNN:
Officials: Bush to nominate Alito to high court  —  Miers helps finalize choice to replace her as Supreme Court pick  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush will nominate 3rd Circuit Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito for the U.S. Supreme Court, sources told CNN on Monday.
Washington Post:
Bush Selects Alito for Supreme Court  —  President Bush today will name appeals court Judge Samuel A. Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a source close to the White House.  Alito, 55, serves on the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit …
Kash / Angry Bear:
Family Values  —  The opinion of Bush's newest nomination to the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, regarding the abortion issue will undoubtedly receive a flood of attention in coming weeks.  But Alito's opinion regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), signed into law in 1993 by Bill Clinton …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Why Alito is a stronger choice than John Roberts.
Discussion: Left in the West and PoliBlog
Article III Groupie / Underneath Their Robes:
Judge Samuel Alito: Under His Robe
Gina Holland / Associated Press:   Alito Has Affirmed Abortion Restrictions
Steve Soto / The Left Coaster:
Only Catholic Males Need Apply - Bush Picks "Scalito"
Discussion: TAPPED
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
ABORTION AND SPOUSAL NOTIFICATION: As several people point out, that's going to be an issue with regard to Alito.  I'm not sure what I think about this issue, but looking at the Pennsylvania statute I notice a lot of exceptions, one of which is this: "Her spouse is not the father of the child."
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / Bench Memos on National …:   Abortion  —  Already this morning, I've heard a lefty …
New Yorker:
SCOOTER'S SEX SHOCKER  —  Of all the scribbled sentences that have converged to create the Valerie Plame affair, the most remarkable, in literary terms, may belong to Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's recently deposed chief of staff.  "Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning.
Discussion: Amygdala
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NY Daily News:
Writer told to take this Jobs and shove it
Discussion: Wonkette
Reuters:
Fourth night of riots in Paris  —  BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) — Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday defended his tough crime policies against claims they helped increase tension after a fourth night of rioting in a Paris suburb in which tear gas was fired into a mosque.
Bull Moose:
Trick or Treat!  —  The Moose observes that the President gave the right a treat and will attempt to trick the left.  —  With the nomination of "Scalito", the political forces are arrayed for an Armageddon type court battle.  After a brief diversion, the President has returned to the home base.

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