Senate Democrats want January confirmation hearings on Alito nomination
Senate Democrats are calling for confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito to be held in 2006. According to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) , ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee,...
An influential Ohio Republican said Tuesday that US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito had a judicial philosophy "clearly within the mainstream" and that he should not be filibustered. Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) was a...
Reaction from Capitol Hill Monday to President Bush's nomination of Judge Samuel Alito of the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the US Supreme Court seat left vacant by retiring justice Sandra Day O'Connor has...
Nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito of the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, President George W. Bush, October 31, 2005. Excerpt:Good morning. I'm pleased to announce my...
JURIST Contributing Editor William G. Ross, a specialist in constitutional history and the appointment of U.S. Supreme Court justices teaching at Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, says that the US Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito will be...
Wire services are reporting that President Bush will nominate Judge Samuel Alito of the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the US Supreme Court seat left vacant...
Judges Alito, Luttig reportedly top new Supreme Court short list
Federal appellate judges Samuel Alito and Michael Luttig are reportedly at the top of President Bush's list of possible US Supreme Court nominees to replace the withdrawn Harriet Miers as the President reconsiders...
With the likely retirement of US Chief Justice William Rehnquist in the coming weeks, senior White House officials are cutting down their list of candidates and interviewing the final contending federal appeals court judges to replace him. The...
