Samuel Alito
| Samuel Alito | |
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| 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 | |
| Born: | April 1, 1950 |
| Undergraduate: | Princeton, A.B., 1972 |
| Law School: | Yale Law, J.D.. 1975 |
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Judicial philosophy
Alito is widely considered to have a conservative philosophy, though has also been described as "prudent" and "cautious." [1] [2]
Education
Justice Alito received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1972 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1975.[3]
Career
- 2006-Present: Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
- 1990-2006: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- 1987-1990: U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey
- 1985-1987: Deputy Assistant United States Attorney General, United States Department of Justice
- 1981-1985: Assistant to the United States Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice
- 1977-1981: Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey
- 1976-1977: Law clerk, Hon. Leonard I. Garth, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit[3]
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 from January 9 to 13 in 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. [4][5]
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 was noted during the 2010 President's State of the Union Address for saying "not true" after President Barack Obama criticized the Supreme Court for its ruling in the Citizens United v. FEC case. [6]
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."[6]
Alito ysaid "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.[6]
See also
- News: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to save levee, May 2, 2011
External links
- asksam.com, Judge Samuel Alito
- Cornell University Law School, Writings by Justice Alito
- cnn.com, "Alito sworn in as nation's 110th Supreme Court justice", February 1, 2006
- American Center for Law & Justice, "The Judicial Philosophy of Supreme Court Nominee, Samuel Alito," by Jay Sekulow
References
- ↑ CNN.com, "Alito's record shows conservative judge," October 31, 2005
- ↑ PBS NewsHour, Transcript: "Supreme Court Nominee Alito's Judicial Views," December 28, 2005
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Justice Alito's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ United States Senate, U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress-2nd Session
- ↑ oyez.com, "Samuel A. Alito, Jr."
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Politico, "Justice Alito mouths 'not true", January 27, 2010
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| 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: NA |
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Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
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Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
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Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
