Nominee Samuel Alito on Key Issues

[struggle4progress]

... the judge defended his dissent in the 1991 case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in which the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a Pennsylvania law that included a provision requiring women seeking abortions to notify their spouses ...

.. described as resisting the admission of women and minorities to the Ivy League school, Alito acknowledged that he must have been a member, since he listed the group on a 1985 job application, but said he would remember if he had been actively involved in it ...

.. when asked whether the president could immunize somebody who violates a law against using torture — an apparent reference to a ban on cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of foreign detainees passed by Congress — Alito said he couldn‘t give his opinion without knowing the specifics ...

.. Alito said .. he did not violate any ethical standard in failing to recuse himself from a 2002 case involving Vanguard, the mutual fund company where his investments totaled several hundred thousand dollars at the time ...

http://www.heraldnewsdaily.com/stories/news-00122898.html

[acmejack]

1. It's good to know he is able to remain impartial & his judgment unclouded

even with $400,000 of his own money riding on the outcome.