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Article: Bush picks Alito for Supreme Court
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush, stung by the collapse of his
previous choice, nominated veteran judge Samuel Alito on Monday in a
bid to reshape the Supreme Court and mollify his conservative allies.
Ready-to-rumble Democrats warned that Alito may be an extremist who
would curb abortion rights.
"Judge Alito .... has more prior judicial experience than any
Supreme Court nominee in more than 70 years," Bush said, drawing an
unspoken contrast to his recent choice, Harriet Miers.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Penn., a
supporter of abortion rights, said that Alito's views "will be among
one of the first items Judge Alito and I will discuss."
Unlike Miers' nomination, which ...