{"id":4189,"date":"2005-10-31T21:44:10","date_gmt":"2005-11-01T01:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/10\/31\/alito-take-a-deep-breath\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:26","slug":"alito-take-a-deep-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/10\/31\/alito-take-a-deep-breath\/","title":{"rendered":"alito — take a deep breath"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>[Note<\/EM>: The serious comments on Judge Alito start <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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with the “afterthought” <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>section below.  But, don’t let <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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that <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>stop you from reading <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>the lighter stuff.]<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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The nomination of Samuel Anthony Alito<\/A> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>for the U.S. <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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Supreme Court probably has quite a few lawyers and<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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law students Turning Italian <\/EM>right about now.  If they <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>don’t <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT>have time for a deep-immersion course in the <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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language, I<\/SPAN><\/SPAN> want to recommend Don Cangelosi’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>Italian Without Words<\/A><\/EM><\/FONT> (<\/FONT>Meadowbrook Press<\/FONT><\/A>, 1989),<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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as a practical substitute for serious study. [you can <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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even look inside the book here<\/FONT><\/A> for quick pointers]<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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\"ItalianWW\"  <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>After spending a little time with Ultralingua<\/FONT><\/A>, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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I can <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>tell <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>trivia lovers that “alito<\/A>“ means “breath,” as <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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well <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>as “puff,” <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>in Italian. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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alito! <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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puffs from the right<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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huffs from the left<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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        dagosan<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A>:<\/FONT>   [Oct. 31, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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Although “scalia” does not appear to be a word in the  \"scales <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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Italian language, “scala<\/A>” is a scale (measure) or staircase <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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(think escalator).  Hmm.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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\"tiny  A note to ethnology buffs<\/EM>:  If Sam Alito is anything like <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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your humble Editor, he does not consider himself to be <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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“Italian.”  He’s American and, if you insist on further <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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ethnic classification, he’s Italo\/Italian American.  Italian <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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ancestry is a very good thing, but no one’s taking the <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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boat back to the Old Country to stay.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
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orig<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>.<\/FONT>  \"AlitoSA\"<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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afterthought<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/EM> (midnight):  Blue Mass Group<\/EM> weblog has a<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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very interesting post entitled “One Liberal’s Positive View<\/A> <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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of Alito.”  The remarks of a progressive democrat who <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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clerked for Judge Alito are reassuring and well worth <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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your attention — especially if you are tempted, like <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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the self-promoting Chuck Schumer, to react very nega-<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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tively to Judge Alito, merely because he is clearly a <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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conservative jurist.   Go now, read Katherine Pringle’s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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assessment of her old boss.  (via SCOTUS Blog<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A>)<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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update<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/EM> (Nov. 1, 2005): There are two New York Times<\/EM> pieces <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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today for those of us who are left-of-center, don’t have to please <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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constituencies, and <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>want to give Samuel <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>Alito thoughtful consid-<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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eration.  See “Methodical Jurist\/Clear Record<\/A>” and Ann Althouse’s<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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“Separated at the Bench<\/A>,” Nov. 1, 2005).  And, here’s a question <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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that I believe is worth pondering:<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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If Judge Alito would indeed be an independent, highly
respected, consensus-building, conservative Justice,
couldn’t he be the best possible person to counter
the extremism of Justice Scalia (pointing out over-<\/EM><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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reaching, finding narrower grounds, etc. ) on a Court <\/EM><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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that <\/EM><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>is very likely to have a “conservative” majority <\/EM><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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for a very long time?<\/EM><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>update<\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG> (Nov. 2, 2005): In the run-up to the Alito Senate hearings,<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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I will list here links to other materials from “unexpected” sources <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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that caution against a knee-<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>jerk reaction to Sam Alito’ nomination.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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From TalkLeft<\/EM>: A Defender Praises Alito<\/FONT><\/A> (Oct. 31, 2005). <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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Peter Goldberger, a Pennsylvania lawyer, starts his <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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description of Alito with: \"\"Don’t guess at Judge Alito’s <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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predilictions. I am a full-time criminal defense appellate <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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litigator, and more than half my cases are in the 3d Circuit. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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Alito — unlike some judges we both know — does not<\/STRONG> “twist <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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the facts, ignore facts, and even make up facts to make the <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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facts fit the argument they want to make.” He is intellectually <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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honest in the highest degree.  . . . He is very conservative, <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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but he is neither knee-jerk nor dishonest.” <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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From Blue Mass Group<\/EM>: The Alito MoveOn Didn’t Mention<\/A> <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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of any long-sitting judge can be manipulated.  Kravitz <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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notes:  “All that this – or any of the other “lists” floating around – <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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can prove is that Alito has been a judge for a long time; that<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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 he has decided a lot of tough cases that could have gone <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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either way; and that you should be very careful about reading <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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too much into selective “case summaries” proffered by interest <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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groups with an agenda.”  He continues:<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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“Bottom line: make up your own mind.  Do some <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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research on non-partisan sites (SCOTUSblog<\/FONT><\/A> is <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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always a good place to start, and any Alito opinion <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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published in 1996 or later should be available at Findlaw<\/FONT><\/A>).  <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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And wait for the confirmation hearings, where you can <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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bet that Alito will be questioned for hours about many <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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of the opinions that the lefties are worried about – that, <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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after all, is what the hearings are for.”<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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  [Note: The serious comments on Judge Alito start with the “afterthought” section below.  But, don’t let that stop you from reading the lighter stuff.]   The nomination of Samuel Anthony Alito for the U.S. Supreme Court probably has quite a few lawyers and law students Turning Italian right about now.  If they don’t have time for a deep-immersion course in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-15z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12943,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4189\/revisions\/12943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}