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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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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.
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.
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
Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Specter goes to bat for high court nominee  —  Judiciary Committee chairman sends strong signals that he'll help Alito  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., sent strong signals Monday that he would use all his clout to help federal appeals court …
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.
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Abortion Case May Be Central in Confirmation
Discussion: the talking dog
Jonathan H. Adler / Opinion Journal:
A Brilliant Judicial Mind
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:   A Titanic Battle Coming in the Senate
Los Angeles Times:   The anti-Miers
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 …
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ABCNEWS:
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 from President Bush's top political advisor, Karl Rove.
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.
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
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LAW.com:
Judicial Experience, Conservative Credentials Seen as Factors in Alito Nomination  —  Veering sharply from his initial selection, President George W. Bush dipped into the federal appeals court ranks and announced Monday that Judge Samuel Alito Jr. would be his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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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 …
Cass Sunstein / Washington Post:
On the Contrary  —  As an appeals court judge, Samuel Alito has compiled a massive record that includes more than 240 opinions.  Of these, the most illuminating may well be his 41 dissents — opinions that he has written by himself, rejecting the views of his colleagues.
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Gateway Pundit:
Before Novak, The Joe Wilson Speech that Made Clear His Agenda  —  ** The June 2003 Joe Wilson Speech You Are Not Supposed to Hear!  ONE MONTH BEFORE ROBERT NOVAK WROTE HIS COLUMN, AMBASSADOR JOSEPH WILSON LAID OUT HIS AGENDA AGAINST THE US ADMINISTRATION AND ISRAEL AT THE LEFTIST 2003 IRAQ FORUM CONFERENCE,
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.
365gay.com:
Opposition To Alito Swift From Gay Groups  —  (Washington) LGBT civil rights groups wasted no time Monday criticizing President Bush's latest nominee to the Supreme Court.  —  Bush this morning announced the nomination of Samuel Alito a staunch conservative to replace moderate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Peter Savodnik / The Hill:
GOP candidates rally to Alito; Dems wait and see
Discussion: Sirotablog and democracy guy
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 …
Knight Ridder:
Cheney's new security adviser linked to bogus information on Iraq  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney replaced I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby as his national security adviser on Monday with an aide identified by a former Iraqi exile group as the White House official to whom it fed information on Iraq that turned out to be erroneous.
Discussion: The Huffington Post and TAPPED

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