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New York Times:
After a Career of Quiet Focus, Alito Is Leaving the Background  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 - One weekend in 1986, two young lawyers working for Samuel A. Alito Jr., then a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department, faced a looming deadline for a legal analysis and realized they would have to work all night to get it done.
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Christian Burset / dailyprincetonian.com:
Alito '72 nominated for Supreme Court seat  —  Classmates describe judge as intelligent, reserved with dry sense of humor  —  Samuel Alito '72, an experienced appeals court judge and New Jersey native, was nominated this morning by President Bush to replace Sandra Day O'Connor as an associate justice on the Supreme Court.
Ann Althouse / New York Times:
Separated at the Bench  —  NO sooner did we learn that President Bush had chosen Samuel Alito to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court than commentators began blurting: "Scalito!"  Judge Alito, a man of stellar credentials and 15 years on the federal bench …
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
As Democrats Lead Opposition, GOP Moderates May Control Vote  —  Senate Democrats will lead the opposition to Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s Supreme Court nomination, but a handful of Republican moderates could ultimately decide its outcome, several analysts and lawmakers said yesterday.
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Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Specter goes to bat for high court nominee
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and The Heretik
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Bush Nominates Alito for Supreme Court
Discussion: Power Line and Patio Pundit
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Both parties prepared for 'Armageddon' fight
Discussion: Shoot a Liberal
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Alito Leans Right Where O'Connor Swung Left
Daily Kos:
Big-Time Postal Alert.  Cover Ears Now.  —  Nice.  Drudge et al are hyping the "racist" meme to defend Alito from attacks on his ultra-far-right philosophies. … Oh boy.  You've just stepped in it now, s**theads.  This one's personal — screw everything else written on this site …
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shadowtv.com:
ShadowTV Viewer  —  . it begins.  Wastey wait for that, more o n the nomination of samuel alito is chris matthews.  Of course, conservatives extremely happy.  >> Right.  >> Let's cut to the chase.  Do you think we'll see a filibuster?  >> I don't know.
Discussion: Confirm Them
ABCNEWS:
Time Reporter Says He Learned Agent's Identity From Rove  —  Matthew Cooper Says I. Lewis Libby Confirmed Information  —  Oct. 31 2005 — One of the reporters at the center of the investigation into the leak of the identity of an undercover CIA officer, says he first learned the agent's name …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Trick and Treat  —  Sammy Alito is the whole bag of goodies.  —  Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Day.  —  Well, boo.  —  It's magic.  Almost as if the whole Harriet Miers debacle never happened, President Bush has rapidly retreated from his judicial preferences of last month.
Josh White / Washington Post:
Guantanamo Desperation Seen in Suicide Attempts  —  Jumah Dossari had to visit the restroom, so the detainee made a quick joke with his American lawyer before military police guards escorted him to a nearby cell with a toilet.  The U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba …
Discussion: Rantingprofs and The Heretik
volokh.com:
Amazing Recycling Factoid … If they can come up with some way to "recycle" the water that I consume and the sewage that I produce each day, then I must admit that really would be amazing.  I'd just hate to be the guy who gets the recycled versions...  A FEW THOUGHTS ON ALITO: A few thoughts on Alito:
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HOW ABOUT THAT "STRIP SEARCH" DECISION?  —  Other than the Casey spousal notification case, the Samuel Alito opinion I've heard the most criticism of is his dissent in Doe v. Groody, where, it is said, Alito voted to authorize a strip search of a ten-year-old girl in the course of executing a search warrant.
Terry / Nitpicker:
The Soul of Victor Davis Hanson  —  Victor Davis Hanson writes today that, yes, 2000 soldiers have died in Iraq, but A) that's really not that many; B) Americans only care about that number because we're soft and; C) it's all the media's fault.  —  I admire some of Hanson's earlier books.
Michelle Malkin:
UNHINGED: THE MUGSHOT COLLECTION  —  Today's the official launch date for my new book, Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild:  —  I had fun with this one (wait 'til you see the back cover) and think you'll enjoy it—or, if you're on the other side of the aisle, you'll enjoy hating it.
Editor and Publisher:
CBS' Mary Mapes, in 'Vanity Fair,' Defends Role in 'RatherGate'  —  NEW YORK In the upcoming December issue of Vanity Fair, Mary Mapes, the CBS News producer who lost her job after the disputed "60 Minutes II" Bush/National Guard report, writes, "I must answer the bloggers, the babblers and blabbers …

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Washington Post:
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Blawg Review #30  —  It's finally arrived: Howell-o-ween!
365gay.com:
Opposition To Alito Swift From Gay Groups

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Discussion: Gates of Vienna
Jeremy / What Now?:
Thank God!  —  Samuel Alito is an absolutely excellent choice for the Supreme Court.
 
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