Judicial Nomination News

Press Release:
Alito Nomination Quickly Galvanizes Interest Groups on Both Left and Right; Battle Lines Crystallize Earlier Than with Either Roberts or Miers Nominations
To: National Desk, Legal Reporter
Contact: Jesse Rutledge of Justice at Stake, 202-588-9454
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new study of interest group reactions to this year's Supreme Court nominations shows that today's pick of Judge Samuel Alito may trigger the kind of confirmation battle not seen since Judge Robert Bork was voted down in 1987. The data show many groups announcing their support or opposition in record time -- a certain prelude to unleashing war chests they've been amassing for years.

Alito's nomination sets up bitter fight
Seattle Times, United States - 12 hours ago
... had joined the chorus, including the AFL-CIO, NARAL-Pro Choice America, the Alliance for Justice, MoveOn.org and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.

Press Release:
Pressured by the Radical Right, Bush Nominates Right Wing Judicial Activist
Statement of Wade Henderson, Executive Director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
"Caving to the will of the radical right, President Bush has nominated a judicial activist with a record hostile to civil rights, individual rights, and the rights of women. If confirmed, Judge Samuel Alito - affectionately called "Scalito" by conservatives - would destroy the delicate balance Sandra Day O'Connor has brought to the Supreme Court and swing the Court far to the right."

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