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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Both parties prepared for 'Armageddon' fight  —  Senate Democrats and Republicans — along with interest groups both for and against Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s Supreme Court nomination — fell into formation yesterday to begin the battle they've been expecting for more than a decade.
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Alito Leans Right Where O'Connor Swung Left  —  In 1991, Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. voted to uphold a Pennsylvania statute that would have required at least some married women to notify their husbands before getting an abortion; a year later, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor cast a decisive fifth vote at the Supreme Court to strike it down.
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Abortion Case May Be Central in Confirmation
Discussion: the talking dog
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Trick and Treat  —  Sammy Alito is the whole bag of goodies.
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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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 …
Discussion: Kesher Talk, PoliBlog and Althouse
Jonathan H. Adler / Opinion Journal:
A Brilliant Judicial Mind
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 …
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Washington Post:
Trial Could Pit Libby's Interests Against Bush's  —  Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, is expected to plead not guilty to charges that he lied and obstructed justice in the CIA leak probe when he is arraigned Thursday, setting the stage for a possible courtroom fight …
Discussion: AMERICAblog and firedoglake
Krempasky / RedState.org:
Sliming Alito - and badly, at that.  —  Tim Chapman over at Townhall has the full text of the Democratic smear document on Alito.  —  Now, this is interesting - because even Tip O'Neil's flack (Chris Matthews) thinks it's not only bad politics - it's just offensive. … Well Chris, I agree.
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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
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Alito Smear: Italian=Mafioso
Discussion: Radio Blogger and Sister Toldjah
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.
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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David / Blue Mass. Group:
One liberal's positive view of Alito  —  Katherine (Kate) Pringle is a partner in a New York law firm.  She is also a progressive Democrat who was heavily involved in John Kerry's presidential campaign.  And after she graduated from law school in 1993, she spent a year working as a law clerk to Third Circuit Judge Samuel Alito, Jr.
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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 …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
What the 'Shield' Covered Up  —  Has anyone noticed that the coverup worked?  —  In his impressive presentation of the indictment of Lewis "Scooter" Libby last week, Patrick Fitzgerald expressed the wish that witnesses had testified when subpoenas were issued in August 2004, and …
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Labor Dept. Is Rebuked Over Pact With Wal-Mart  —  The Labor Department's inspector general strongly criticized department officials yesterday for "serious breakdowns" in procedures involving an agreement promising Wal-Mart Stores 15 days' notice before labor investigators would inspect its stores for child labor violations.
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.
The Nation:
DAVID CORN  —  Now that George Will, William Kristol, David Frum, Linda Chavez, Charles Krauthammer, Edwin Meese, Robert Bork and all the other conservative power brokers have forced George W. Bush to fall to his knees and kiss their feet—by nominating Federal Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito …

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