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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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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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Althouse
Matt Margolis / Blogs for Bush:
Confirm Judge Alito  —  President George W. Bush to nominate Samuel Alito for Supreme Court...  Well, I was admittedly not thrilled with Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court, Judge Alito, however, I can say is a good pick, and I am sure conservatives will support this nomination.  It's time to start a coalition...
Michelle Malkin:
IT'S SAMUEL ALITO  —  ***scroll for updates...1030am EDT appearance with GOP Sens...1110am Schumer exploits Rosa Parks...gross...video at The Political Teen***  —  Via Breitbart/AP, we have a nominee: Samuel A. Alito, Jr. White House will make official announcement at 8am EDT.  —  Details from USNews:
Bull Moose:
Trick or Treat!  —  The Moose observes that the President gave …
Discussion: Random Numbers
Rude One / The Rude Pundit:
Samuel Alito, Another Motherf**ker For America:
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
Pam Spaulding / Pandagon:
'Scalito': The AmTaliban butters Bush's bread
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush Nominates Solidly …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Crooks and Liars
Fox News:
Bush Nominates Alito for Supreme Court
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Why Alito is a stronger choice than John Roberts.
Discussion: Left in the West and PoliBlog
Steve Soto / The Left Coaster:
Only Catholic Males Need Apply - Bush Picks "Scalito"
Discussion: Associated Press and TAPPED
Associated Press:
Reaction to Alito Nomination
Discussion: CBS News
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 …
Discussion: Donklephant and Myopic Zeal
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.
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NY Daily News:
Writer told to take this Jobs and shove it
Discussion: Wonkette
Thomas Wagner / Associated Press:
Car Bomb Kills 20 in Basra, Police Say  —  BASRA, Iraq - A car bomb exploded Monday night in a commercial district of Iraq's second-largest city of Basra, killing at least 20 people and wounding about 40, a police official said.  —  The car bomb in the southern city of Basra exploded about 8:30 p.m., police Lt. Col. Karim al-Zaidi.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and TigerHawk
Drudge Report:
CBS REPORTER TO WHITE HOUSE: ALITO 'SLOPPY SECONDS?'  —  CBSNEWS Chief White House correspondent John Roberts described the President's selection of Judge Samuel Alito as "sloppy seconds" during today's press gaggle with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.
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.
Discussion: Mike's Noise and Riehl World View

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