Samuel Alito

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Samuel Alito
Current Court Information:
Supreme Court of the United States
Title:   Associate Justice
Service:
Appointed by:   George W. Bush
Approval vote:   58-42
Active:   1/31/2006-Current
Preceded by:   Sandra Day O'Connor
Past post:   Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Past term:   1990-2006
Personal History
Bachelors:   Princeton University '72
Law School:   Yale Law '75

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Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr is an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by George W. Bush on (to the seat vacated by Sandra Day O'Connor), confirmed by the Senate on January 31, 2006, and received commission on January 31, 2006.

Education

Justice Alito received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1972 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1975.[1]

Legal background

Supreme Court nomination and confirmation

On July 1, 2005, Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement from the Supreme Court, effective upon the confirmation of a successor. President George W. Bush initially nominated John Roberts to the vacancy; however, when Chief Justice William Rehnquist died on September 3, Bush instead nominated Roberts to the position of Chief Justice. On October 3, President Bush nominated Harriet Miers to replace O'Connor. Miers later withdrew her acceptance of the nomination on October 27 after encountering opposition.

Four days later, President Bush announced that he was nominating Alito to O'Connor's seat, and he submitted the nomination to the Senate on November 10, 2005. Alito's confirmation hearing was held between January 9-13, 2006. On January 24, his nomination was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 10-8 party line vote. The final vote in the United State Senate was 58-42.[2][3]

For more information on Justice Alito's confirmation hearings, please visit: National Public Radio's, Alito's Supreme Court Nomination Confirmed

2010 State of the Union


Justice Alito at the State of the Union-2010

Justice Alito was noted during the 2010 President's State of the Union Address for yelling out "not true" after President Barack Obama criticized the Supreme Court for its ruling in the Citizens United v. FEC case days before the speech[4].

During the speech, President Obama criticized the Supreme Court by saying: "Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests including foreign corporations to spend without limit in our elections." "Well I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people, and that’s why I’m urging Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to right this wrong."-President Barack Obama[4]

Alito yelled "not true" in response to the President's statement while Politico reported that Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Schumer clapped vigorously behind the justices at the same time Alito yelled the remarks[4].

See also

External links


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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Justice Alito's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
  2. ↑ United States Senate, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress-2nd Session
  3. ↑ oyez.com, "Samuel A. Alito, Jr."
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Politico "Justice Alito mouths 'not true", January 27, 2010

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Federal judicial offices
Preceded by:
John Gibbons 		Third Circuit Court of Appeals
1990–2006 		Succeeded by:
Joseph Greenaway
Preceded by:
Sandra Day O'Connor 		Supreme Court
2006–present 		Succeeded by:
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